World
Crackdown on illegal pet trade
August 3, 2012Over 8,700 birds and other animals have been seized - and 4,000+ people arrested - in what appears to be a large-scale crackdown on the black market Latin American bird trade.
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Sensitive corals found at Shell’s Arctic drilling site
August 1, 2012Oil giant Shell will soon begin exploratory drilling in Arctic waters, including in the sensitive ecosystem of the Chukchi Sea. Environmental activists have criticized the company for putting sea life at risk, and now their argument...
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“Let them eat cake,” says king as Swaziland plunges into crisis
July 30, 2012Opposition to Mswati's royal despotism has been arising through the trade unions. Demands include increased wages and union rights, as well as democratic reforms.
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Ghana mourns president’s death
July 25, 2012Ghana is mourning the death of its beloved president, John Evans Atta Mills, who was only five months away from the end of his first term and expected re-election.
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Today in History: Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space
July 25, 2012On July 25, 1984, Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a space walk.
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