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A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules fixed-winged aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City provides an overflight of areas affected by Hurricane Irene in the area of Oregon Inlet, Aug. 29, 2011. Hurricane Irene: A new mismanagement
Article by WN.com Guest Writer Kourosh Ziabari | The 2011 Hurricane Irene which has encompassed large parts of the United States and left some 40 people dead so far once again underlined the incapabil... (photo: USCG / PO3 Stephen Lehmann) WorldNews.com
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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 Chi... (photo: Creative Commons) m&c;
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View of drangwari, 120 kms from srinagar in kupwara district on Monday, 01, August 2011. The tourism department is developing a new tourist circuit Bangus valley, Drangwari and Lolab valley near LOC to promote tourism in north kashmir. Kashmir border fence affecting wildlife
Jammu, Sep 1 (IANS) Thursday, September 01, 2011 --> | Landmines have killed and maimed many wild animals straying into the barbed wire corridor marking India's Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan in ... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Deccan Herald
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huge trees in the forest - environment History of land-use debates in Cook County forest preserves
| The debate over land use in the Cook County forest preserves has raged for decades. Here are some of the more recent highlights: | * | Markham gun club | When: May 2011 | Background: The Blue Park G... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Chicago Tribune
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, left, in foreground, poses with his new cabinet members for a group photo at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008. They are, from left in the first row: Fukuda, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Seiichi Ota; Justice Minister Okiharu Yasuoka; Fukuda; Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano and Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura. From left in the second row: Population and Gender Equality Minister Kyoko Nakayama; Consumer Affairs, Science and Technology, Food Safety and Space Development Minister Seiko Noda and Finance Minister Bunmei Ibuki. From left in the third row; National Public Safety Commission Chairman Motoo Hayashi, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki and Environment Minister Tetsuo Sai Japanese Parliament Backs Noda as Prime Minister
| TOKYO -- Yoshihiko Noda, a down-to-earth fiscal conservative, was elected prime minister by the Japanese Parliament on Tuesday in the sixth change of leaders in five years, a period of mounting econ... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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two pet cats in home - animal - nature Weekly pet watch tip: protecting pets from wildlife
| This week's Sunbear Squad watch tip addresses a large part of the nation that is currently suffering from drought conditions, such as Texas.  These conditions are forcing wildlife to enter popu... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Examiner
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