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]]> A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday.The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits
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]]> Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark.
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]]> "Senator Barack Obama voted repeatedly to deny the unborn and survivors of abortion their basic rights. Four times as an Illinois legislator, he voted against laws that would have ensured equal medical care for babies that survive an abortion..."
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]]> China has suspended the sale and use of an herbal injection used to treat heart disease after six people suffered adverse reactions, including three who died
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]]> A two-year study of how well glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate slow cartilage loss in arthritis patients could not show that the popular nutritional supplements work
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]]> If you live in California or have friends/family in CA please make sure they know about Proposition 2 and strongly urge them to vote "YES"! It would mean big positive change for farm animals. Check out this Larry King interview with Wayne Pacelle of HSUS:
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]]> Europe joined Asia's panic selling of stocks on Friday, knocking the benchmark world equity index to a 5-year trough, while the low-yielding yen jumped as fears grew that policymakers' efforts to contain the global financial crisis won't be enough.
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]]> Climate change may soon make the tropics too hot for many native species, which will be forced to head for higher ground to escape the heat, U.S. researchers said
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]]> Dwindling numbers of birds worldwide are a sign that governments are failing to keep promises to slow damage to nature by 2010, an international report said
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]]> More than half the colonies of Antarctica's penguins, including emperor penguins made famous by the Hollywood film "Happy Feet," face decline or being wiped out if the world warms by 2 degrees Celsius, a report says.
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]]> Latino evangelicals are an in-demand group this fall.
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]]> With economy worsening, working-class voters slowly warm to Obama and away from McCain
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]]> McCain and his campaign largely absent as Obama makes hard run at North Carolina
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]]> Growth in population and tourism contaminate the islands' environment with alien species and pollution. But some say tourists, not citizens, should be kept out.
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]]> In one homeland they were treated as outcasts, in the other as refugees. Now thousands of these Amerasians are uniting and lobbying Congress for what they feel is a birthright: 'We are Americans.'
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]]> $2 Billion Wind Turbine Order Is Largest Ever
GDF buys wind power company and creates green arm
Pickens' Mesa Power orders GE wind turbines
AEP Gets Nod to Purchase Wind Power
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Ethiopia on Thursday signed a
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]]> Wall Street capped its worst week ever with a wild session today that saw the Dow Jones industrials rocket within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually end with a modest advance
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]]> Cleaning air in Beijing and in other large cities suffering from pollution problems by limiting car and power-plant emissions may raise global temperatures instead of lowering them, a German scientist warns.
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]]> A Trichopeltarion crab found in the deep seas off Tasmania is among hundreds of unusual marine animals discovered in Australian waters during two separate research voyages in November 2006 and April 2007.
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]]> The collapse of major market sectors in the US has spread like a plague across the economic landscape of the globe. There is growing fear that the the financial growth many countries have recently realized will evaporate in the wake of instability.
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]]> Oh yes indeed - Wachovia is eagerly its awaiting bailout with our billions. In the meantime, its top brokers will enjoy a cruise of the Greek isles. 75 employees, with their spouses or significant others, will cruise on our dime - all expenses paid.
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]]> Senate Finance Committee chairman Baucus asked for hard answers about AIG and its free-spending activities and wants a reply by October 23. One of his major questions: "Who can we fire?"
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]]> A manatee, normally found in warm tropical waters, is cruising the waters off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Wildlife officials there are keeping an eye on the adult manatee and waiting for a Florida rescue team to arrive and take it back home.
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]]> VP Dick Cheney spoke at the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy in Reno, NV, claiming that the Bush administration has championed wildlife preservation. In fact, the Bush administration has been the most anti-environmental in history.
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]]> London may be geographically remote from wild tigers, whale hunts and deforestation, but it’s a thriving market place for illegally sourced wildlife products such as tiger bones, rugs and teeth, and even a huge brand new made-to-order polar bear skin rug.
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]]> INDIA - A wild elephant attacked houses of around 10 people who had damaged the temple of elephant-headed god Ganesha. Later the police arrested those allegedly involved in the incident. The villagers point that the elephant did not hurt anyone else.

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]]> India's legal framework for wildlife protection is incapable of coping with organized international gangs of animal poachers who are quickly reducing the numbers of leopards, tigers, elephants, rhinoceros, antelope and about 250 species of wild birds.
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]]> Sarah Palin was photographed as she walked across the tarmac to meet John McCain after arriving in Allentown, Pa on Wednesday. A closer look at the cloth tote bag she had draped on her forearm reveals a moose head and the phrase "Real Women Hunt Moose."
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]]> At least 1,141 of 5,487 known species of mammals are threatened, with 188 listed in the highest risk "critically endangered" category. There is no long-term conservation strategy to prevent the extinction of endangered species in the future.
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]]> An increasing number of plants and animals are facing extinction due to pollution, poaching, habitat degradation and climate change. The number of threatened mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish has grown to 5,966, compared to 3,314 in 1998.
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]]> The fate of one of the endangered Arabian leopard remains a mystery. Once prolific across the Gulf, today the majestic cats are clinging to survival. This week, the International Union for Conservation of Nature classed the leopard “critically endangered.
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]]> Imagine what would happen to us if rainfall was a thousand times more than normal? What if rates of disease transmission for malaria or HIV/AIDS were a thousand times more than normal? That is what is happening to plant and animal biodiversity today.
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]]> Life on Earth is disappearing fast with man inflicting most of the damage. On land more species face oblivion because of loss of habitat, hunting and climate change while in the oceans pollution and the side effects of fishing are taking a huge toll.
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]]> If you’ve never met anyone from Adak, the odds just got better that you will soon. Officials in the small Aleutian community began asking residents to leave the island last month in the wake of a fuel crisis that is threatening to shut down the city for
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]]> When he faces off against Sarah Palin Thursday night, Joe Biden will have his hands full. I should know. I've debated Governor Palin more than two dozen times. And she's a master, not of facts, figures, or insightful policy recommendations, but at the
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]]> Dear Governor Palin:

We write to express our deep concern over what appears to be an unfortunate realignment underway in our state where challenging conditions in many rural communities are forcing a migration to urban cities. A prosperous, culturally
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]]> "Sarah takes on Big Oil" is a book about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her battle with the state's three largest oil producers -— ExxonMobil, BP and ConocoPhillips
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]]> To understand the meaning of Palin’s “victory,” it must be seen in the context of two ominous developments that directly preceded it. Just hours before the debate began, the McCain campaign pulled out of Michigan. That state is ground zero for the collaps
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]]> CLEVELAND - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said more than one person has whispered in her ear in Ohio that John McCain needs "to take the gloves off" in his campaign against Democrat Barack Obama. Before a friendly crowd of Republican
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]]> The decision Thursday sets the stage for state lawmakers to release a report on their investigation Friday. The report could prove to be an embarrassment for Palin and a distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign in the final weeks of the race.
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]]> WASHINGTON -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, touted by GOP presidential candidate John McCain as his expert on energy, seemed to have problems Thursday explaining whether the government bans oil exports - especially from her state's North Slope fields.
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]]> ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Sworn to secrecy, Alaska lawmakers have begun reviewing a lengthy and politically sensitive investigative report focusing on whether Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her authority as governor.

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]]> ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Trying to head off a potentially embarrassing state ethics report on GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, campaign officials released their own report Thursday that clears her of any wrongdoing. Sen. John McCain's running mate
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]]> ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A judge has ordered the state of Alaska to preserve any government-related e-mails that Gov. Sarah Palin sent from private accounts.Anchorage Superior Court Judge Craig Stowers ruled Friday in the lawsuit brought by Anchorage resident
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]]> Updated Friday, October 10, 2008 at 4:33 p.m.ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state's public safety commissioner.

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]]> When North Carolina rapper Secret Agent 23 Skidoo became a dad, he set his sights toward creating hip-hop he and his daughter could enjoy equally. The result, Easy, is a revelation. Plenty of artists have taken a stab at "kid-hop" before, but not one has
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]]> Windhoek - A German aristocrat is scheduled to appear in court in the south-west African state of Namibia on Thursday on suspicion of killing scores of endangered mountain zebra.

Christian Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 28, is alleged to have killed th
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