Wildlife pioneer Bob Irwin has bought a property at Wattle Camp near Kingaroy in the wake of rumours he is no longer welcome at the zoo he founded with his late wife nearly 40 years ago. Australia Zoo was still refusing to comment last night on report

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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Los Angeles police arrested a 21-year-old Loyola Marymount University student in connection with an online threat to shoot people on campus, officials said Saturday. Police arrested Carlos Huerta, a senior at Loyola, for

Schools across England have been given the go-ahead to ban pupils from wearing full-face veils, following new uniform guidelines soon to be released.

Canada's centuries-old seal hunt is at risk of a collapse similar to the one it experienced when Ottawa banned the hunting of young harp and hooded seals 20 years ago, warns the former head of the Canadian Sealers Association.

Bush's new budget proposes to "cut federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by nearly 25 percent."

Boreal forests, the study noted, are able to store more carbon dioxide -- a greenhouse gas -- than any other similar ecosystem on Earth, including tropical rain forests.

Europe's Muslims face deep-seated discrimination in education, housing and jobs that can alienate them from the mainstream, but say they could do more themselves to connect with wider society, an EU report said on Monday

AZA 3/17/06 report: 78 accredited zoos maintained elephants as of 1/1/05. 72 plan to continue exhibiting elephants. One zoo that didn't have elephants has added them: Alabama's Montgomery Zoo. Only 40 of the 73 zoos plan to improve or build new habitats.

Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and her advisors worked (up) articles of impeachment against President Bush. At the heart of the charges... is the allegation that President Bush has not upheld the oath of... office and is guilty of high crimes....