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Lawsuits Force Listing of Six Rare Birds as EndangeredWashington, D.C., USA - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed six rare birds from around the world as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. |
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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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Singapore Students Donate Computers To 10 Laotian Primary SchoolsNgee Ann City, Singapore - Students at a Singapore polytechnic have donated 85 desktop computers and 15 laptops to 10 primary schools in Laos, educational officials said on Monday. |
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Photos Taken of ‘Living Fossil’ in LaosTallahassee, FL - The first pictures showing a live specimen of a rodent species once thought to have been extinct for 11 million years have been taken by a retired Florida State University professor and a Thai wildlife biologist. |
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8 New Frog Species Discovered in LaosBangkok, Thailand - You want to find a new frog species? Head to the Southeast Asian nation of Laos. |
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Rat-Squirrel Not Extinct After AllLaos - It has the face of a rat and the tail of a skinny squirrel - and scientists say this creature discovered living in central Laos is pretty special: It's a species believed to have been extinct for 11 million years. |
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Endangered Crocodiles Discovered in LaosBangkok, Thailand - A nest of baby Siamese crocodiles has been found in southern Laos, raising hopes that the nearly extinct species may yet survive, conservationists said Friday. |
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news from Southeast Asia
- Locals Volunteer Overseas With Operation Smile
- Rare leatherback turtles return to Malaysia
- Popular UN-backed Internet word game feeds Myanmar’s cyclone victims
- UN agency to resume aid flights into Myanmar
- Endangered bears find refuge in new Vietnam center
- First Lungless Frog Found
- Rare water birds recovering in Cambodia
- Saved by trivia text service
- New bird discovered in Indonesia
- Secretary Rice Honors International Women of Courage
