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Environment   People   Photos   Plastic   Wikipedia: Plastic bag		  Orange News 
Shoppers' Use Of Plastic Bags On The Rise
Fri 29 Jul 2011
Shoppers seem to be choosing plastic bags over environmental issues, despite a Government-backed campaign to cut their use. Latest statistics show more shoppers are packing their supermarket purchases... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Global warming is the continuing rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans resulting from human activities such as deforestation and burning of fossil fuels.
Newspaper   News Corp   Photos   London   Wikipedia: Global warming		  The Examiner 
Global warming deceit: Rupert Murdoch's empire of denial
Fri 29 Jul 2011
As more pressure is mounting to investigate Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp dubious practices through out various newspaper and television holdings after the News of the World debacle early in June,... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
INDIA-FOREST-OFFICER-SUNDERBAN  The Telegraph India  Thu 28 Jul 2011
Staff shortage hits tiger reserves
New Delhi, July 28: The Sunderbans is among 15 tiger reserves with 'very good' management practices, but field staff shortages and inadequate training are hampering conservation activities in all of... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Conservation   Environment   Photos   Tiger   Wikipedia: Sundarbans National Park
Exhibit of Elephants photographed in Singapore Zoo  The New York Times  Thu 28 Jul 2011
The Right Elephant Stuff
Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell, who teaches at the Stanford University School of Medicine, writes from Etosha National Park, Namibia, where she is studying elephant societies. Sunday, July 24 The air is... (photo: Creative Commons / Mike384)
Animal   Medicine   Namibia   Photos   Wikipedia: Elephant
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ARCTIC OCEAN - A polar bear seen from the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea, homeported in Seattle, Oct. 23, 2009. The Polar Sea transported different groups of scientists through the Arctic Ocean in support of various research projects. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns (728978) ( Polar Bear ) Seattle Times Thu 28 Jul 2011
APNewsBreak: Arctic scientist under investigation
JUNEAU, Alaska - A federal wildlife biologist whose observation that polar bears likely drowned in the Arctic helped galvanize the global warming movement during the last... (photo: US Coastguard / Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns)
Alaska   Animal   Photos   Scientist   Wikipedia: Polar bear
Plastic bags The Daily Mail Thu 28 Jul 2011
Calls for legislation as number of plastic bags handed out to shoppers rises despite  Cameron pledge
Shoppers appear to have sold out on the environment with more people now packing their supermarket goods into single-use plastic bags, according to official figures.... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Environment   People   Photos   Plastic   Wikipedia: Plastic bag
Palestinians read the Quran at the mosque in the city of Khan Younis southern Gaza Strip on 12 August 2010. The start of Ramadan, the ninth and holiest month in the Muslim calendar, is traditionally determined by the sighting of a new moon, which often divides Islamic nations over exactly when to begin the festival. Throughout the month, followers are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk. Activity peaks between "iftar", the breaking of the fast at sunset, and "suhur", the last meal of the day before sunrise. (photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN) The Siasat Daily Thu 28 Jul 2011
Plant to recycle Quran pages in Pak
Thursday, 28 July 2011  Print  Email  Pdf Lahore, July 28: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to finalise the... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Lahore   Pakistan   Photos   Religion   Wikipedia: Quran
cutting tree - deforestation - environment - nature Jakarta Post Thu 28 Jul 2011
‘Cutting down a tree means suffocating two citizens’
Reducing Jakarta’s green space could have dire consequences for the lives of its citizens, environmental advocates said. Earlier this month, the Jakarta administration... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Environment   Jakarta   Photos   Trees   Wikipedia: Tree
Rain Forest - dense forest - environment The New York Times Thu 28 Jul 2011
Earthly Dream Is Realized in the Rain Forest
The beauty here is not necessarily for everyone. Pounded by up to 170 inches of precipitation each year, these grand old woods are wetter and grayer and gloomier than... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Beauty   Forest   Photos   Rain   Wikipedia: Rainforest


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DOG-SUMMER Dog Days of Summer Are Here (Tropical Storm "Don" Forms in the Gulf of Mexico) Star Tribune
Rain pours down at Oxford station on Nov 16th. The Anglo-Irish weather eased for the day on the 16th. The floods eased in Baarlo as the rain began to decrease. Flash flood watch in effect from 4pm this afternoon through Thursday afternoon The Examiner
Philippine National Police remove fallen trees Wednesday, July 27, 2011 which were toppled at the onslaught of a slow-moving storm Nock-ten in Legazpi city, Albay province in northeastern Philippines. Tropical storm claims 14 lives Independent online (SA)
In this photo taken Tuesday July 26, 2011, residents evacuate to safer grounds after heavy rains brought about by slow-moving storm Nock-ten (local name Juaning) flooded Legazpi city, Albay province in northeastern Philippines. 20 dead, 9 missing in slow-moving Philippine storm Denver Post
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South Korean rescue workers carry a survivor who was rescued from a collapsed house as a midnight landslide caused by torrential rains swept away several houses in Chuncheon, South Korea, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. South Korea landslide leaves 12 dead, 2 missing The Guardian
Kashmiris row boats with tourists as the sun sets over Dal Lake in Srinagar on June 22, 2011. The tourism industry is hoping that the cool summer weather will herald a renewal of tourists to the scenic region after last year's civil unrest drove both domestic Indian and foreign tourists out of the valley. Des Moines Weather The Examiner
During winter, snow covered trees and electricity wires, Dharamshala, India Cold snap sees the Karoo snowed in Independent online (SA)
In a handout photograph provided by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, women rush into a feeding centre after Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers could no longer contain the crowd 20 July, in Badbaado, a new camp established by the TFG for internally displaced people in the country's capital Mogadishu, who have been affected by the worsening drought in Somalia. UN races to get food to hungry Somali refugees The Boston Globe
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The Sorcerer's Hat, the icon of Disney's Hollywood Studios. Disney held a press conference at the Park Theaters in Winter Park in Florida. Report: Disney wants to buy UTV/Ignition for $454M Crunch
Brokers talk at the Stock Exchange in Madrid, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Spanish and Portugal borrowing costs rose sharply Wednesday as investors worried that the governments' debt loads will prove unsustainable, putting them next in line for a European bailout 5 Stocks Under $20 That Should Trade for $30 Seeking Alpha
FRUIT-VEGETABLE-MARKET How to pickle or preserve vegetables and fruits for green health The Examiner
Early in the morning at lovely Corniche, Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Statistical Yearbook - 2011 released Khaleej Times
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