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The last known group of people never to have made contact with the outside world was attacked by suspected drug traffickers last month, possibly killing off the last of an unknown peoples for good.

A tourist suffered a broken leg when a melting glacier collapsed in front of her boat in Alaska.

Sunken aircraft and shipwrecks from World War II era provide recreational diving sites, as well as habitat for marine species, NOAA said in a statement.

Artifacts, including a 2,000-year-old Roman sword, were unearthed from a tunnel under Jerusalem, highlighting the history of the doomed Jewish Revolt.

The United Nations has designated August 9, International Day of the World's Indigenous People.

Photographs by Austrian photographer Andreas Franke were put along the deck of a former U.S. Air Force missile tracking ship, sunk in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and opened to divers cum visitors in early August.

Revelers dressed in fur and face paint came out to re-enact Viking battles, remember the Viking influences on Spain, and drink lots of wine out of large horns!

A 51-year-old aircraft engineer has died after being sucked into a plane engine at a maintenance facility near Blenheim, New Zealand.

Get off the beaten path in Vietnam with these lesser-known destinations that will take you away from the Western crowds and into a sea of conical hats.

A bat or possibly a bird boarded a Delta Air Lines flight from Madison, Wis. to Atlanta on Friday and was caught on video.

U.S. endurance athlete Diana Nyad, 61, defies age in attempt to swim across Florida Straits.

Join Winne the Pooh - the world's Ambassador of Friendship- in celebrating old and new friends around the world with these fun quotes, games and activities.

In what is believed to be one of the most dreadful and shocking ordeal, a 17-year old British boy Horatio Chapple was mauled to death by a male polar bear on Friday.

Archeologists at Texas State University have found the wreckage of Captain Henry Morgan's long lost ship off the coast of Panama.

Independent filmmaker Rick Mereki has created three minute-long films about the essence of travel, titled "MOVE," "EAT," "LEARN," that have gone viral on the Web.

Grand Canyon National Park is one of the world's most visited tourist destinations. These photos explain why!

A fatal lightning strike killed one and injured five others at Grand Canyon National Park on Thursday.

A polar bear mauled a group of tourists with the British Schools Exploring Society, killing one and severely injuring four others on the remote Norwegian arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center (CPC) has predicted an active and stormier hurricane season in 2011, between June 1 and November end.

Shanghai and parts of eastern China are preparing to face one of the biggest typhoons in recent years called Muifa, which is expected to bring torrential rains and heavy winds as it passes by.

The NOAA has increased the number of hurricanes it expects in a new updated forecast for the 2011 hurricane season as Tropical Storm Emily barrels through Haiti.

Matt Mina was buried alive after his sand tunnel collapsed on him at a California beach, leaving the teen under sand for nearly 30 minutes before rescuers reached him.

A tour bus crash in Upstate New York has left 28 people injured, four seriously, in the third such incident in less than three week's time.

One of the great natural wonders of the world, the Iguazu Falls.

With rising and scorching heat and dry weather conditions likely to persist across the U.S., TripAdvisor suggests the top ten water parks in the country, worth visiting to beat the summer heat.

Dubai's Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest building in the world. Start the slideshow to view some amazing aerial photos of skyscrapers from around the world.

A tomb thought to be that of Jesus? apostle Philip has been discovered in the ancient city and the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hierapolis in Turkey.

Delta Air Lines took the lead as they offered to process tax refunds to passengers who bought tickets on or before July 22, flying at a time when federal ticket taxes were being suspended.

OC Fisher Reservoir in West Texas has dried up into a small pool of blood-red water. This has several doomsday preachers predicting the end of times.