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"Luxury" migrant camp sparks row on Italian island (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The barbed wire has gone and the dormitories look basic but reasonably clean. Welcome to the new-look camp for immigrants on the island of Lampedusa.

Permit Denial Stirs Anger: Some Want to Protect Bay; Kent Island Rejection Devastates Others (RedNova) - By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun May 27--The state Board of Public Works' unusual decision last week to deny a crucial permit to a large, long-planned waterfront community on Kent Island has developers crying foul and warning that more sprawl could result.

Busy cruising weekend for island (BBC News) - The QE2 is moored off the coast of Guernsey as part of one of the island's busiest weekends for cruise ships.

Long Island Sportsman Assoc. Vegas night June 1 (Babylon Beacon) - The Long Island Sportsman Association is sponsoring a Vegas night, Friday, June 1 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 588 Long Island Ave., Deer Park. The doors open at 7 p.m. There will be Roulette, Blackjack, Craps and Beat the Dealer. Food and drink will be available. For more information, call 631-243-0474 up to 4 p.m. only.

Long Island Yoga Association workshop to be held June 9 (Babylon Beacon) - The Long Island Yoga Association will hold a workshop, Saturday, June 9, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 407 Main St., Farmingdale. For more information, call 631-261- 1777 or visit www.longislandyogaassociation.org or email longislandyogaassociation@yahoo.com.

St. Peter's CYO Seventh-Grade Girl Basketball Team Wins Long Island Division Title (Port Washington News) - The St. Peter's CYO seventh-grade girls' basketball team won the Long Island Division Championship. The team, coached by Phil Rybecky and his assistant coach Rob Weinstock, won the title by beating an undefeated team from the Infant Jesus Parish in Port Jefferson.

For this island surf shop, summer is one wild ride (Asbury Park Press) - With thousands of summer visitors poised to hit the beach, workers at Island Surf & Sail are geared up for what they call the "roller coaster" of the summer season.

Body found off Plum Island (Newsday) - The body of a man was found floating in Long Island Sound about two miles north of Plum Island shortly before 3 p.m. on Friday by a passing boater.

Coin collection could be link in slaying of 9/11 hero (Newsday) - Police are searching for a missing collection of valuable gold and silver coins that could be linked to the killing of a former New York City firefighter from Long Island who was found shot to death two weeks ago in this upscale Phoenix suburb.

Mira Nair, Asha Parekh honoured at Bollywood awards in New York (IANS via Yahoo! India News) - New York, May 28 (IANS) About 10,000 fans from across the United States, Canada and even the Caribbean packed the Nassau Coliseum at Long Island for the Bollywood Movie Awards 2007 where Hollywood actor Danny Glover, director Mira Nair and former actress Asha Parekh were among those honoured.