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Don't put all your eggs in one basketVienna, Austria (SPX) Jan 03, 2012 Winters in the Gobi desert are usually long and very cold but the winter of 2009/2010 was particularly severe, a condition Mongolians refer to as "dzud". Millions of livestock died in Mongolia and the re-introduced wild Przewalski's horse population crashed dramatically. Petra Kaczensky and Chris Walzer from the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology (FIWI) of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna have used spatially explicit loss statistics, ranger survey data and GPS telemetry to provide ... read more |
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  I know something you don't know - and I will tell you! Many animals produce alarm calls to predators, and do this more often when kin or mates are present than other audience members. So far, however, there has been no evidence that they take the other ... more | .. |
  Thousands protest in China over investment scams: report Authorities have vowed to toughen a crackdown on illegal investment schemes after thousands of protesters took to the streets in central China at the weekend, state media reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  New forest fire outbreak kills one in Chile A new forest fire has claimed one life in southern Chile just hours after firefighters tamed a massive blaze that consumed 13,000 hectares (32,000 acres) in Patagonia, officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
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  Fears Nigerian emergency decree will lead to military abuses A state of emergency declared in Nigeria in areas hit by attacks blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram has sparked concerns that the military will use the measure as legal cover to carry out further abuses. ... more | .. |
  World-first hybrid shark found off Australia Scientists said on Tuesday that they had discovered the world's first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, a potential sign the predators were adapting to cope with climate change. ... more | .. |
 Police detain man over China cat hotpot murder Police in southern China say they have detained a man suspected of murdering a billionaire tycoon over a financial dispute by poisoning the cat meat hotpot they shared. ... more | .. |
  Mali to give 40,000 tonnes of food to drought victims Mali's government on Tuesday announced a plan to distribute 40,000 tonnes of food in emergency aid to drought victims and those lacking food security. ... more |
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  Hong Kong government offices hit by deadly bug The bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease have been found at several sites in the new Hong Kong government complex after one minister fell ill, in a major embarrassment for the authorities. ... more | .. |
  Outside temperatures, sun exposure and gender may trigger glaucoma When it comes to whether or not you will develop exfoliation syndrome (ES) - an eye condition that is a leading cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma and increased risk of cataract as well as catar ... more | .. |
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  Brain's Connective Cells Are Much More Than Glue Glia cells, named for the Greek word for "glue," hold the brain's neurons together and protect the cells that determine our thoughts and behaviors, but scientists have long puzzled over their promin ... more |
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Muslims clash with China police who destroyed mosque Hundreds of Muslims fought with armed police who demolished a mosque in north China, local police and a human rights group said on Monday, with several people injured in the "riot". ... more | .. |
 Hu warns Chinese culture being 'Westernised': report Chinese President Hu Jintao has warned that "hostile" powers are seeking to "Westernise" the country and called for greater efforts to enhance China's cultural influence overseas. ... more | .. |
  Death toll mounts in Brazil floods Two more people died and one was missing Monday following flooding in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais that brought the total death toll to four, civil defense officials said. ... more | .. |
  Syria activists heap criticism on Arab monitors Activists piled pressure Monday on Arab monitors to do more to prevent Syrian forces from pursuing their brutal crackdown against pro-democracy protesters, amid fresh criticism of the observer mission. ... more |
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France discussing 'unjustified' arrest of citizen in Mali
Trump rules out immediate Ukraine ceasefire
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 New fire outbreak kills one in Chile A new forest fire has claimed one life in southern Chile just hours after firefighters tamed a massive blaze that consumed 13,000 hectares (32,000 acres) in Patagonia, officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Haiti commission recommends restoring army A presidential commission has backed the restoration of Haiti's army, which was disbanded in the mid-1990s after decades of coups and political sway, President Michel Martelly said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Death-dodging wildlife finds path to safety under US roads So how did the chicken cross the road? Or the raccoon, Virginia opossum, woodchuck, red fox, white-tailed deer or great blue heron? ... more | .. |
China calls for calm after man dies from bird flu Health authorities in southern China are urging residents not to panic after a man who contracted the bird flu virus died at the weekend, the official Xinhua news agency said Monday. ... more |
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  Dozens evacuated after massive landslide in Norway Dozens of people fled from a rural area bordering Norway's third largest city on Sunday because of a massive landslide but no casualties have been reported, police said. ... more | .. |
 Missing China dissident held in Xinjiang: brother Prominent Chinese dissident Gao Zhisheng, a lawyer who first disappeared into police custody nearly two years ago, has been imprisoned in the far western region of Xinjiang, his brother said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Japan's nuclear safety panel received donations: report Almost a third of commissioners and examiners at Japan's nuclear safety commission received donations from the country's nuclear power industry, the Asahi Shimbun reported Sunday. ... more |
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 Powerful quake rocks Tokyo region on New Year's Day A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Tokyo Sunday as Emperor Akihito led Japan's New Year celebrations by urging people to work together in rebuilding the nation from March's quake-tsunami disaster. ... more | .. |
 Coup scare points to power struggle in G.Bissau A clash between military units in Guinea-Bissau exposed the tangled affairs of this unstable nation where a powerful army and state are intertwined and cocaine cartels have deep roots. ... more | .. |
 Spectacular fireworks ring in New Year The world rang in the New Year on Saturday with a string of spectacular firework displays watched by millions to mark the beginning of 2012. ... more | .. |
 Thai floods death toll tops 800 The official death toll from months of flooding in Thailand rose above 800 on Saturday, as the country's king said the damage caused by the waters was the "worst ever". ... more |
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 New China food safety scandal widens to oil, peanuts Chinese authorities in a southern boomtown have detected a cancer-causing toxin in peanuts and cooking oil that was only recently discovered in milk, in the nation's latest food safety scandal. ... more | .. |
 Study: Apes willing to gamble like humans Apes appear to gamble, like humans, by calculating odds of rewards vs. risks in performing tasks, European researchers say. ... more | .. |
 China rules protest village had 'valid' complaints Residents of a village in southern China who became a thorn in the Communist Party's side when they protested for more than a week over land grabs had "valid" complaints, state media reported. ... more | .. |
 Man dies from bird flu in southern China A bus driver in southern China who contracted the bird flu virus died Saturday, health authorities said, in the nation's first reported human case of the deadly disease in 18 months. ... more |
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