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Caribbean's reef-building coral at risk
Jun 7 2007 9:58PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean due to rising temperatures and toxic runoff from islands' development, according to a study released Thursday.
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Caribbean's reef-building coral at risk
Jun 7 2007 9:58PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean due to rising temperatures and toxic runoff from islands' development, according to a study released Thursday.
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Caribbean's reef-building coral at risk
Jun 7 2007 9:58PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean due to rising temperatures and toxic runoff from islands' development, according to a study released Thursday.
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Biologists spot falcons in N.M., Texas
Jun 7 2007 5:46PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Biologists who have been working for years to reintroduce the endangered northern aplomado falcon to its historic range across the Southwest said Thursday they have spotted baby birds in a trio of nests in southern New Mexico and West Texas.
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No problems as Atlantis launch nears
Jun 7 2007 5:45PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - After a three-month delay, NASA entered the final day of a launch countdown for space shuttle Atlantis Thursday with no major technical problems looming and a forecast for promising weather.
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No problems as Atlantis launch nears
Jun 7 2007 5:45PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - After a three-month delay, NASA entered the final day of a launch countdown for space shuttle Atlantis Thursday with no major technical problems looming and a forecast for promising weather.
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No problems as Atlantis launch nears
Jun 7 2007 5:45PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - After a three-month delay, NASA entered the final day of a launch countdown for space shuttle Atlantis Thursday with no major technical problems looming and a forecast for promising weather.
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WWF: Russia establishes park for tigers
Jun 7 2007 5:43PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia has established a national park to protect Siberian tigers, an international conservation group said Thursday. The Zov Tigra National Park _ the name of which translates from Russian to mean "Roar of the Tiger" _ is the first protected area of its kind in Russia's Far East, the World Wildlife Fund said.
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CITES endorses plan to save brazilwood
Jun 7 2007 3:25PM (CT)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The iconic tree that gave Brazil its name and the world's violinists their bows got extra protection Thursday to prevent it from sliding toward extinction. But the conference that overwhelmingly supported protecting brazilwood, or pau brasil in Portuguese, rejected similar moves for three other South American tropical trees.
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Chernobyl area becomes wildlife haven
Jun 7 2007 3:16PM (CT)
PARISHEV, Ukraine (AP) - Two decades after an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent clouds of radioactive particles drifting over the fields near her home, Maria Urupa says the wilderness is encroaching.
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Chernobyl area becomes wildlife haven
Jun 7 2007 3:16PM (CT)
PARISHEV, Ukraine (AP) - Two decades after an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent clouds of radioactive particles drifting over the fields near her home, Maria Urupa says the wilderness is encroaching.
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Chernobyl area becomes wildlife haven
Jun 7 2007 3:16PM (CT)
PARISHEV, Ukraine (AP) - Two decades after an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent clouds of radioactive particles drifting over the fields near her home, Maria Urupa says the wilderness is encroaching.
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Chernobyl area becomes wildlife haven
Jun 7 2007 3:16PM (CT)
PARISHEV, Ukraine (AP) - Two decades after an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent clouds of radioactive particles drifting over the fields near her home, Maria Urupa says the wilderness is encroaching.
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Crime syndicates smuggling wildlife
Jun 7 2007 4:28AM (CT)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - It could be ivory concealed in a container, cans of caviar in a suitcase or baby chimpanzees in a crate. The smuggling of wildlife goods is a low-risk, high-profit enterprise proving increasingly attractive to crime syndicates.
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EU urged to get Galileo system in orbit
Jun 7 2007 3:45AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - As European Union governments consider how to get the problem-plagued Galileo satellite navigation system into orbit, one EU official who has been there has simple advice _ do it fast, or else the Chinese will steal the show.
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