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Wildcat tests Japan's environmental will
Oct 28 2006 9:00PM (CT)
IRIOMOTE NATIONAL PARK, Japan (AP) - The steamy, hazy jungle thrums with trilling insects, singing frogs and the steady gurgle of rushing water as we cut through thickets of head-high ferns.
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Disgraced Pakistan scientist is stable
Oct 28 2006 8:56PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's former top nuclear scientist who gave weapons technology to North Korea and other nations is in a stable condition after being treated for a blood clot, his wife said Saturday.
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Bengal tiger gives birth to 3 cubs
Oct 28 2006 1:37PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A Bengal tiger has given birth to three cubs while on a circus tour of the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, a media report said Saturday.
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Climate negotiators eye 2008 elections
Oct 28 2006 11:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Delegates flying to Kenya next week for a global conference on climate are watching the turn of U.S. election seasons as much as the rise in temperatures in their effort to cool planetary warming.
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Signs promising for Hubble telescope
Oct 28 2006 2:24AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Signs are promising for a repair of the aging but popular Hubble Space Telescope, once thought doomed because of worries over astronaut safety. NASA set plans for a big announcement Tuesday after top officials met for three hours Friday to consider the value and risks of sending astronauts to repair the Hubble, extending its life for several more years.
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Damage to coral reefs threatens tourism
Oct 28 2006 12:58AM (CT)
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) - A rapid decline in the world's coral reefs could damage economies that rely on underwater sea life for tourism revenue, researchers said Friday.
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Airborne laser closer to completion
Oct 28 2006 12:10AM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The U.S. Missile Defense Agency rolled out an airborne laser aircraft on Friday, the latest development in a missile-defense system that was once ridiculed as a "Star Wars" fantasy.
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Weary eagle takes flight again in Wis.
Oct 28 2006 12:01AM (CT)
FREDONIA, Wis. (AP) - A young golden eagle returned to the wild Friday, days after being found in an eastern Wisconsin wildlife area weary and unable to fly.
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