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Little robin from Gabon is world’s newest species
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A red-breasted bird discovered by accident in the forests of Gabon is a new species, U.S. scientists said on Friday.
They have named the little bird the olive-backed forest robin, or Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus, but say they know little about it yet.
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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WEST AFRICA: Tandja wins new ECOWAS mandateNiamey, Niger - President Mamadou Tandja of Niger has been re-elected chairman of the West African regional group ECOWAS at a summit where leaders pledged strides in bolstering peace across the world?s poorest region. |
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UNESCO treaty on protecting oral traditions could come into force next yearNew York City - A treaty to protect the world's oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, craftsmanship and knowledge of nature is on track to enter into force next year following a slew of new ratifications, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said today. |
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news from Africa
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- Ghana, EU clinch deal to crackdown on illicit timber trade
- Ghana’s grass-roots bid to save country’s last forests
- Italy apologises to Libya for colonial era damage
- Little robin from Gabon is world’s newest species
- Human rights outlook in Togo is improving, UN and African experts say
- Congo Basin passes 1 million ha milestone in swing to sustainable forestry
- Amid global food crisis, UN helps boost farm production in Swaziland
- UN opens first zero emission community power centre in rural Kenya
- African ‘wall of trees’ gets underway
