Abduction of aboriginal whaling rights
Commercial and political interests are abusing historical whaling rights of indigenous people.
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Legal beagles: Swiss reject plan to give animals their own lawyers
The Swiss vote by a large majority against a proposal to give animals the constitutional right to be represented in court.
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Bonobos opt to share their food
One of our closest primate relatives, the bonobo, prefers to share its food rather than dine alone, scientists report.
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Shell, PetroChina bid for Australian gas company (AFP)
AFP - Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina joined forces for a 2.96 billion US dollar bid for Australia’s Arrow Energy on Monday, hoping for a bigger slice of the country’s booming liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector.
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France urges world to turn to nuclear power (AFP)
AFP - France urged international financial bodies to finance a new era of global nuclear power on Monday and pitched its own reactor technology as the model to follow.
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Sleep Habits Revealed in New Survey (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - African-Americans and Hispanics are 10 times more likely to report having sex about every night than Asians, who seem to get the best sleep, according to a new poll by the National Sleep Foundation.
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China herdsmen kill snow leopard
Two herdsmen are jailed for up to 10 years for killing a rare snow leopard in Xinjiang, China.
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Looters hand back goods as Chile mourns quake dead (AFP)
AFP - Looters in Chile have handed back stolen goods to the value of two million dollars, the government said, as the country mourned the hundreds killed in last month’s earthquake and tsunami.
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Our Solar System revealed in new BBC TV series
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IMF suggests how to raise climate change funds (AP)
AP - The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday proposed a plan for the world’s governments to pool together to raise money needed to adapt to climate change, a rare step for an organization that normally does not develop environmental policies.
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