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PORT BLAIR Alex Pietrangelo Hoodie , India, March 19 (Xinhua) -- After the Malaysian Airlines jet MH370 went missing 12 days ago, the Indian islands of Andaman and Nicobar close to the Strait of Malaca once became the focus of global attention as the diverted plane was thought to have flown towards them after losing contact with the ground control.


Indian Navy and Coast Guard were mobilized at the request of Malaysia and the order of the Defense Ministry in Delhi to search for the missing plane by flying planes and sailing ships from bases at the quiet archipelago, geographically an extension of Sumatra of Indonesia.


Demands for news also increased rapidly from international and national media for the tropical isles, which look more like Southeast Asia than India in environment, plants, food, architecture Paul Stastny Hoodie , weather and to some extent life style.


"Andaman Chronicle", one of the two dailies published in Andamans, has felt a shortage of staff during the week-long search in and around the Andaman islands by the navy, air force and coast guard, as a flurry of contacts were made local civil and military offices on the search by only two of its two reporters.


"Search operation started not inside Andamans after the plane went missing but east to them near the Malaysian border by routine patrolling Indian coast guards. Days later, Malaysia made request to India to help search the plane, " said Denis Giles, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the daily.


"After the search covered the entire Andaman sea and near 500 isles here Dmitrij Jaskin Hoodie , the search was also concentrated on the western side in areas in Bay of Bengal, as was decided by and under instruction from Malaysia," he said during an interview at his small office here.


Asked whether he believed the missing plane could have flown over Andamans in the early morning of March 8, he said that as a local who is familiar with military and civilian aviation security installations, he does not believe such an eventuality.


"We have integrated system of air defense which involved military, para-miliary forces and civilians for years. This system could have detected a large plane entering the area," said Giles.


Boosted by demands of news, his private-run newspaper's circulation has increased to 1 Alexander Steen Hoodie ,500 and an email edition is also available besides a website. The bulk of the newspaper's subscribers are government offices.


The daily, together with another daily "Andaman Sheekha", had first hand news from the defense and civil officials of the islands on the search work. While the search for the missing plane, "Operation Searchlight", has been suspended for days, the chances for it to resume are small, he said.


"Now the focus has shifted from Andamans. We are working on other subjects like the election which will start next month," he added.

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URUMQI Brayden Schenn Hoodie , Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Tourists have been forbidden from entering glaciers in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, authorities said on Thursday.


""Glacier tourism brought in revenue of less than one billion yuan (152 million U.S. dollars) over the past dozen years, but the loss from shrinking glaciers is incalculable,"" said Li Jidong from the regional tourism administration.


According to the new regulation, tourists are only allowed to enjoy the sight of glaciers from a distance instead of walking on them.


Statistics showed the temperature of the region has risen 0.33 degrees Celsius to 0.39 degrees Celsius per decade over the past 50 years, almost three times the global average.


China has 46,377 glaciers, with 18 Scottie Upshall Hoodie ,311, or 46.8 percent of the national ice reserves located in Xinjiang. Global warming, grazing, mining and tourism have accelerated destruction of the glaciers, and led to water shortages in several areas.


Glacier meltwater accounts for about 25 to 30 percent of Xinjiang's surface run-off, and the thawing of the glaciers could have a disastrous effect on the region, according to the Tianshan Mountains Glacier Observation Station under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).


Approximately 120 km from the regional capital of Urumqi, Glacier No. 1 in the Tianshan Mountains is the closest glacier to a city in the world. The meltwater from the glacier has reduced after years of receding.


Small glaciers at low altitudes are more sensitive to climate change Joel Edmundson Hoodie , said Chen Xi from the CAS.


""Glaciers in the Tianshan Mountains have receded by 15 to 30 percent in the last three decades."" Chen said. ""And they will continue to retreat by 60 percent in the next 20 years, and by 80 to 90 percent half a century from today.""


To protect the city's water supply, Urumqi banned tourists from the glacier back in 2006, but visitors manage to find their way into the area.


More than a dozen families of herdsmen still inhabit the area and to make money, some herdsmen take tourists to the area by motorcycle.


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A recent visit by[/u] Xinhua reporters found plastic waste scattered in many areas, indicating visits made by tourists.


All mining has ceased in a 948-sq-km protection zone. Vehicles on section of national highway near the zone are restricted and wild herb digging is banned.


Xinjiang has called for other countries and regions along the Tianshan Mountains to stop glacier tourism as well.

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NEW YORK, March 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed mixed Monday after wavering between small gains and losses, as investors digested a batch of economic reports.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 19.66 points Carl Gunnarsson Hoodie , or 0.11 percent, to 17,535.39. The S&P 500 edged up 1.11 points, or 0.05 percent, to 2,037.05. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 6.72 points, or 0.14 percent, to 4 Jaden Schwartz Hoodie ,766.79.


""As slow as last week was, chances are that this week will offer opportunity. The macro will be heavy, beginning with the PCE print today, running through Europe, and China, and then culminating in another U.S. Jobs Fr.