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Wildlife group, stars urge Indians to save the tigerMumbai (AFP) Feb 9, 2010 As China prepares to usher in the Year of the Tiger next week, a massive publicity drive has begun in neighbouring India, where the big cat is the national animal, to save it from extinction. Conservation group WWF-India has enlisted the support of sports stars and celebrities to raise awareness of the threat, citing government estimates that there are just over 1,400 tigers left in the wild. The campaign, fronted by India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and top footballer Bhaichung Bhutia, ... read more |
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Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 9, 2010Even in death, poor Haitians have been forgotten, hauled off to mass graves after only the most cursory attempts are made at identifying them. In the courtyard of what is left of the Caribbean Market, the largest supermarket in Port-au-Prince, trucks stopped and unloaded 30 workers in the broiling midday sun. The site was thick with flies, and the stench of rotting flesh was everywhere. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Feb 9, 2010China warned Tuesday of a continued "grim" food safety outlook following the re-emergence of a tainted milk scandal and called for strengthened efforts nationwide to contain the threat. The order by a Cabinet-level food safety committee marked the first high-level government response to revelations that tainted milk powder that was supposed to have been destroyed after a 2008 scandal had rea ... more  
Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2010The United States on Tuesday pressed China, India and other emerging powers to make clearer commitments to fighting climate change, warning that last year's Copenhagen accord risked being "stillborn." The 194-nation UN-led summit in the Danish capital pledged to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) along with billions of dollars in financing. It gave countries ... more |
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Haiti's cities of the dead lie crumbled after quakePort-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 9, 2010 Between rows of ornate above-ground tombs in Haiti's main cemetery, the church has crumbled, its arched blue entrance in pieces. Nearby, a jawbone rests atop a pink plastic flower. A short walk away, the black cross of Baron Samedi, the voodoo spirit of the dead, has cracked at its base and tumbled to the ground. "I saw the tombs fall one by one," said Elmont Cherig, a 36-year-old security guard at the cemetery who was working at the time of last month's massive earthquake. His wife was among th ... read more |
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