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 New role for drones - wildlife, eco conservation
| PRANBURI, Thailand (AP) — They're better known as stealthy killing machines to take out suspected terrorists with pinpoint accuracy. But drones are also being put to more benign use in skies acros... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Houston Chronicle
Conservation Photos Thailand Wikipedia: Wildlife Wildlife |
 Japan, China islands disputes deepen with landings, protests
| EAST CHINA SEA (Reuters) - Several Japanese nationalists landed on Sunday on a rocky island in the East China Sea at the heart of a territorial row with Beijing, with protests in several Chinese cit... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan) The Star
China Japan Photos Protests Wikipedia: Senkaku Islands dispute |
 World must brace for higher food prices, experts say
| AFP - With drought parching farms in the United States and near the Black Sea, weak monsoon rains in India and insidious hunger in Africa's Sahel region, the world could be headed towards another fo... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) France24
Food Monsoon Photos Prices Wikipedia: Drought |
 The air around us is teeming with life — it's just too tiny to see
| As I approached the top of Mount Tarumae's western peak, located in Hokkaido's Shikotsu-Toya National Park, for a brief moment I thought an early reward was awaiting me in the form of clusters of ri... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Japan Times
Environment Japan Life Photos Wikipedia: Atmosphere of Earth |
 Former Barclays CEO 'held back evidence'
| British parliamentarians accused former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond of holding back evidence during a hearing last month over the Libor rate-rigging scandal. | In a report issued on Saturda... (photo: AP / Sang Tan) Al Jazeera
Barclays British Photos Scandal Wikipedia: Libor scandal |
