Boiling mud pots, rain forests, and a drive-in volcano.
Protesters set stores ablaze in downtown Fort-de-France, Martinique, as they battled hundreds of police officers in the latest round of demonstrations over low wages, a police officer told CNN.
Until two centuries ago, ice was just an unfortunate side effect of winter. But in the early 1800s, one man saw dollar signs in frozen ponds.
The death toll rose to 84 Saturday night in the collapse of a Haitian school as international aid crews continued sifting through the wreckage, a local journalist said Saturday night.
Hurricane Omar weakened Thursday to a Category 1 storm and sped away from the northern Leeward Islands after barreling through them as a major Category 3 storm, forecasters said.
I-Reporter Amit Ritsa sends video of an earthquake rattling a home in Piscard, Dominica.
A magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck Thursday in the Caribbean just off the coast of Martinique, setting off shaking that triggered a reading of a strong earthquake in California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Dean strengthened yet again Friday, with dangerous 145-mph winds officially making it a Category 4 hurricane -- the first of the 2007 Atlantic season.
Scores of victims' relatives arrived in Venezuela on Friday from the French Caribbean island of Martinique, seeking answers about the crash of a chartered jet that killed all 160 aboard.
A Colombian airliner carrying 160 people crashed Tuesday in a remote area of western Venezuela, aviation officials said.
Dominica Prime Minister Pierre Charles died Tuesday evening of a heart attack, government and hospital sources said.
Money Magazine: Martiniqueupdated: Fri Nov 08 2002 15:31:00
Step foot on the Caribbean island of Martinique and you're in France, literally. This 425-square-mile, almond-shaped tropical island, part of the French Antilles, isn't a colony but rather the westernmost part of France. So if you're looking for some of the things that make France great -- its language, food and rich culture -- but long for a warm and relaxing Caribbean vacation, Martinique is the place.
For many of us, winter vacations are as much a necessity as a luxury. They are a respite from a strenuous and often stressful time of year: those months that kick off the Tuesday after Labor Day an...
Everyone--or at least everyone who likes luxurious ocean voyages--was talking about the impossibly low cruise fares earlier this year. The cruise industry had built ships at a steady clip in the pa...
Money Magazine: Cruises for any interestupdated: Wed Sep 25 2002 11:03:00
There are dozens of special-interest cruises these days, focusing on subjects as wide-ranging as spy craft (with lectures by former intelligence agents), solar eclipses and golf. We can't even scratch the surface here. For a more comprehensive list, try www.cruise-news.com.
There is no need to deny yourself a winter vacation in the tropics just because your budget is as tiny as a thong bikini. You can strip away a big part of the cost of lying on the beach if you slee...
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