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 Guatemala declares 'national tragedy' as several killed in landslides
GUATEMALA CITY: Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared a "national tragedy" on Sunday after landslides killed at least 36 people and left rescuers digging in the mud for dozens still missing. | Co... (photo: AP / Moises Castillo) The Times Of India
Disaster Guatemala Photos Weather Wikipedia: Guatemala |
 Mudslides kill at least 22 on Guatemala highway
Guatemala City: Officials say that mudslides on a Guatemalan highway have killed at least 22 people. Scores more are missing. | Police say the first slide yesterday buried a bus under tons of mud at k... (photo: AP / Moises Castillo) Zeenews
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 Greenpeace 'Tokyo Two' anti-whaling activists sentenced to jail
| Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki have each been sentenced to one year in prison after intercepting a box of whale meat Two anti-whaling activists have been found guilty of ... (photo: (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) / ) The Guardian
Crime Japan Photos Whaling Wikipedia: Whaling in Japan |
 Malaysian 'Lizard King' jailed for smuggling snakes
KUALA LUMPUR: A notorious Malaysian wildlife trafficker nicknamed the "Lizard King" was sentenced on Monday to six months in jail for smuggling snakes, a penalty activist... (photo: AP) The Times Of India
Malaysia Photos Smuggling Wikipedia: Wildlife smuggling Wildlife |
 Bee decline already having dramatic effect on pollination of plants
A decline in bees and global warming are having a damaging effect on the pollination of plants, new research claims. | Bees on a sunflower Photo: PHOTOLIBRARY.COM | Resea... (photo: Public Domain / Stickpen) The Daily Telegraph
Bees Crops Photos Pollination Wikipedia: Bee |
 In a changing climate, erratic rainfall poses growing threat to rural poor, new report says
--> | Against a backdrop of extreme weather wreaking havoc around the world, a new report warns that increasingly erratic rainfall related to climate change will pose a m... (photo: WN / Trigedia) PhysOrg
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 Fears of a decline in bee pollination confirmed
--> | A queen bumble bee (Bombus bifarius) collects nectar from a flower of the glacier lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) at a research site in Irwin, Colo. Credit: David I... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) PhysOrg
Bee Photos Pollination Population Wikipedia: Bee |
 Guatemala mudslides from torrential rains kill at least 38 and bury 2 buses
| NAHUALA, Guatemala - Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused mudslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala - most of them in separate disasters ... (photo: AP / Moises Castillo) The Boston Globe
Disaster Guatemala Photos Weather Wikipedia: Tropical cyclone |
 Can CDs, crayons, DVDs, eyeglasses, pull tabs, and shoes be recycled?
| As an environmentally-conscious society, most Americans know that beverage containers, cardboard, and motor oil can and should be recycled. But there are other items ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Examiner
Environment Garbage Photos Recycle Wikipedia: Recycling |
 Drive to plant saplings near Taj gets positive response
LUCKNOW: The plantation exercise started by Agra forest division with an aim to provide an eco-protection cover to the 17th century monument has struck a chord with the p... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Times Of India
Agra Photos Plantation Taj Mahal Wikipedia: Taj Mahal |
