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Mandrill Denver Zoo welcomes 14-year-old mandrill, Rafiki
Rafiki, a 14-year-old male mandrill, can now be seen at the Denver Zoo. (Photo courtesy the Denver Zoo) Visitors to the Denver Zoo can now see its latest addition, a 14-year-old male mandrill named... (photo: Creative Commons / FlickreviewR) Denver Post
Environment   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Denver Zoo   Wildlife
Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence at camps like this one, 25 August, 2011. Somalia: The Untapped Power of the Diaspora
by Donald Y. Yamamoto Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary With famine spreading across the Horn of Africa, the Somali-American diaspora isn't just watching the images fan across the television,... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Gareowe Online
Africa   Disaster   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: 2011 East Africa drought
 Elephants  - Elephants Etosha Namibia - African Elephants /aaeh Elephant herd threatened by Zimbabwe land encroachers
Harare - About 70 elephants in a wildlife park in south-eastern Zimbabwe are under threat from a new wave of land encroachers, a conservation group warned Thursday. The elephants in the remote... (photo: Creative Commons) m&c;
Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Elephant   Wildlife   Zimbabwe
Left to right, United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates share a laugh prior to the start of the North Atlantic Council meeting during the NATO formal Defense MInisterial in Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2011.  Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen (released) The Libyan Soldier: The True Heroes of NATO’s War
NATO has proven it has the capacity to kill thousands of Libyan soldiers from the skies, but it cannot “convey honor and legitimacy” to the rebels under its killer wings. “They are little more... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen) Axis of Logic
Capacity   Libyan   Photos   Rebels   Wikipedia :Nato
Fish farming Kenya puts its faith in fish farming
The Kenyan government is pushing fish farming to provide an alternative to small farmers who are scrabbling to eke out a living from poor soil Fish farmer Raphael Were Owaka stands next to one of his... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) The Guardian
Fishing   Kenya   Photos   Soil   Wikipedia: Fish farming
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