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APEC draft sets goal on climate change
Sep 7 2007 11:47PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Pacific Rim nations reached tentative agreement on the need "to slow, stop and then reverse" climate change, setting nonbinding goals to improve energy use, according to a draft statement Saturday.
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APEC draft sets goal on climate change
Sep 7 2007 11:47PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Pacific Rim nations reached tentative agreement on the need "to slow, stop and then reverse" climate change, setting nonbinding goals to improve energy use, according to a draft statement Saturday.
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Killing of rare grizzly bear probed
Sep 7 2007 10:36PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Federal and state wildlife officials said Friday they are investigating the killing of a grizzly bear in north-central Idaho, where the last confirmed sighting of the species was in 1946.
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Polar bear population seen declining
Sep 7 2007 9:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be killed off by 2050 _ and the entire population gone from Alaska _ because of thinning sea ice from global warming in the Arctic, government scientists forecast Friday.
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Argentina museum displays Incan mummy
Sep 7 2007 7:18PM (CT)
SALTA, Argentina (AP) - Museumgoers gasped Thursday at the well-preserved mummy of an Inca maiden which is on display for the first time, a serene gaze etched on her face hundreds of years ago when she froze to death in the Andes.
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Argentina museum displays Incan mummy
Sep 7 2007 7:18PM (CT)
SALTA, Argentina (AP) - Museumgoers gasped Thursday at the well-preserved mummy of an Inca maiden which is on display for the first time, a serene gaze etched on her face hundreds of years ago when she froze to death in the Andes.
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Argentina museum displays Incan mummy
Sep 7 2007 7:18PM (CT)
SALTA, Argentina (AP) - Museumgoers gasped Thursday at the well-preserved mummy of an Inca maiden which is on display for the first time, a serene gaze etched on her face hundreds of years ago when she froze to death in the Andes.
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Argentina museum displays Incan mummy
Sep 7 2007 7:18PM (CT)
SALTA, Argentina (AP) - Museumgoers gasped Thursday at the well-preserved mummy of an Inca maiden which is on display for the first time, a serene gaze etched on her face hundreds of years ago when she froze to death in the Andes.
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Virus may be cause of honeybees' deaths
Sep 7 2007 7:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientific sleuths have a new suspect for a mysterious affliction that has killed off honeybees by the billions: a virus previously unknown in the United States.
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NOAA affirms predictions of sea ice loss
Sep 7 2007 7:17PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An analysis of 20 years' worth of real-life observations supports recent U.N. computer predictions that by 2050, summer sea ice off Alaska's north coast will probably shrink to nearly half the area it covered in the 1980s, federal scientists say.
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NY welcomes wave adaptive modular vessel
Sep 7 2007 7:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Pity the fisherman or sailor who staggers on deck in the morning and through bleary eyes sees a 100-foot-long water spider coming at him, buzzing ominously.
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NY welcomes wave adaptive modular vessel
Sep 7 2007 7:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Pity the fisherman or sailor who staggers on deck in the morning and through bleary eyes sees a 100-foot-long water spider coming at him, buzzing ominously.
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NY welcomes wave adaptive modular vessel
Sep 7 2007 7:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Pity the fisherman or sailor who staggers on deck in the morning and through bleary eyes sees a 100-foot-long water spider coming at him, buzzing ominously.
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Minnows exposed to red tide died quickly
Sep 7 2007 7:16PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Minnows exposed to samples of red tide from waters in southeastern Virginia and the lower Chesapeake Bay died within hours, scientists report.
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Sea turtles still endangered, threatened
Sep 7 2007 7:16PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A U.S. study focusing on global sea turtle populations has found that half a dozen species are still endangered or threatened despite promising increases in the number of adult females and nests, U.S. wildlife officials said Thursday.
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Countries agree on plan to save animals
Sep 7 2007 7:15PM (CT)
INTERLAKEN, Switzerland (AP) - One hundred and eight countries have agreed on an action plan to save endangered livestock breeds, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday.
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Countries agree on plan to save animals
Sep 7 2007 7:15PM (CT)
INTERLAKEN, Switzerland (AP) - One hundred and eight countries have agreed on an action plan to save endangered livestock breeds, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday.
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