Sahara Desert stories:
Strange ancient crocodiles swam the Sahara
Nov 19th, 2009 - MSNBC
From a crocodile sporting a boar-like snout to a peculiar pal with buckteeth for digging up grub, an odd-looking bunch of such reptiles dashed and swam across what is now the Sahara Desert some 100 million years ago when dinosaurs ruled.New Fossils Reveal a World Full of Crocodiles
Nov 19th, 2009 - ABC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles...
Al-Qaeda group in threat to kill British hostage unless Abu Qatada ...
Apr 26th, 2009 - Times Online
Al-Qaeda in North Africa has threated to kill a British hostage unless the UKgovernment releases Abu Qatada, a radical Muslim preacher in custody in aBritish jail. The...
Sahara Desert videos from YouTube:
10:19Man vs Wild Bear Grylls Sahara desert 1
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14:26Life In The Sahara, 1953
A film about life in the Sahara desert region in the 1950s. Footage from this subject is available for licensing from www.travelfilmarchive.com
3:21Crossing the Sahara desert by camel - Michael Palin - BBC
Although he would like travel part of his journey by camel, Michael instead opts for the car - by far the cheaper option. Free video clip from the bbc of Michael Pailns Pole to Pole adventure.
3:23African beetles beat the heat in the Sahara desert - BBC wildlife
Enter the amazing and surprising world of the Namib Desert. This, alongside other African deserts, where water is an unexpected source of energy. When the rains do arrive, plants appear as if by magic, and beetles perform elegant ...
Sahara Desert from WikiPedia:
The Sahara , a?-?a?r?´ al-kubra, "The Greatest Desert") is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000 square kilometres (3,500,000 sq mi), it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe. The desert stretches from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean. To the south, it is delimited by the Sahel: a belt of semi-arid tropical savanna that comprises the northern region of central and western Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Sahara has an intermittent history that may go back as much as 3 million years. Some of the sand dunes can reach 180 metres (600 ft) in height. The name comes from the Arabic word for desert: (??????), "?a?r?´" ( ????? (help·info); /s???r???/).
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