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Forest reserves created in Brazil to protect lawless Amazon regionAnapu, Brazil - Brazil's president signed decrees yesterday creating two massive new forest reserves, succumbing to intense pressure to protect a lawless Amazon region from violent loggers and ranchers after the killing last weekend of an American nun who fought to protect the jungle. |
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Pig Stem Cells to Be Used to Grow Human Organs?Rehovot, Israel - It might be possible to transplant embryonic stem cells from pigs into humans to grow new organs, a new study shows. |
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NZ unveils Stonehenge replicaWairarapa, NZ - Nestled into the verdant hills of the New Zealand region of the Wairarapa is the world's newest "Stonehenge" but this henge is no mere pastiche. |
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Black-necked crane under satellite surveillanceKumming, China - China has launched its first ever observation of black-necked cranes with satellite remote sensing technology in a bid to better protect the rare bird species. |
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India’s exports to top $150 bn by ‘10Exceeding the 16 per cent target, India's exports is set to cross 20 per cent this fiscal and is likely to double to $150 billion in value terms by 2009-10, according to commerce secretary S N Menon. |
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Israelis and Palestinians Clean up Rivers to Save Endangered Turtles, Improve Drinking WaterJerusalem, Israel - In an area of olive and avocado groves northeast of Tel Aviv, a river of sewage snakes from the Palestinian city of Tulkarem, under Israel's separation barrier and into a river where an endangered species of soft-shelled turtle once thrived. |
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Local cities defy federal government, make their own climate policiesSan Francisco, CA - Today, the Kyoto Protocol -- the international treaty to limit damage to the atmosphere from so-called greenhouse gases -- comes into force. |
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New Rock Type Found at MarsPasadena, California - NASA's Spirit rover found a new class of rock on Mars that provides additional clues to the planet's watery past. |
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Buses and trains to run on biodieselAdelaide, Australia - Coinciding with the official introduction of the Kyoto Protocol yesterday, the State Government announced the city's buses and trains will be partly powered by biodiesel – an environmentally friendly fuel that can be made from recycled frying oil. |
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Australian Noah’s Ark Programme Combats Cane ToadSydney, Australia - Australian conservationists are combating an invasion of poisonous cane toads through a modern-day Noah's Ark programme, taking pairs of endangered animals to toad-free islands to breed safely. |
