 China's white dolphins headed for extinction in Pearl River Delta?
July 19, 2013 -- Updated 0658 GMT (1458 HKT) China's white dolphins -- famous for the actual pink hue of their skin -- could be wiped out completely. The white dolphin population is located mainly in... (photo: AP) CNN
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 Australia announces Papua New Guinea asylum deal
People arriving by boat to seek asylum will no longer be resettled in Australia but will go to Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has... (photo: AP) BBC News
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 Egypt's tourist industry badly hit by political unrest
19 July 2013 Last updated at 07:03 BST One of the biggest casualties of the political turmoil in Egypt has been the tourism industry. It forms a large part of the country's economy, but over the last... (photo: Creative Commons / Hedwig Storch) BBC News
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 Ivorian leader: Nigeria pulling troops from Mali
ABUJA, Nigeria - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara says Nigeria is withdrawing some of its 1,200 troops in Mali to fight an Islamic uprising back home. The announcement comes 10 days before... (photo: UN / Mark Garten) Herald Tribune
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 Hamas urges new Egyptian rulers to keep tunnels open
GAZA (Reuters) - The Islamist group Hamas appealed to Egypt's new rulers on Thursday not to pursue its destruction of smuggling tunnels into the Gaza Strip, warning they risked throttling the small... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Reuters
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