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The number of birds of prey killed illegally in Scotland is "deeply troubling", a conservation group has said.
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Despite the funny imagery of the pompous racers being beat down to the dirt, the clip never comes full circle by revealing the glamorous female driver. Thank goodness for the press release...
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Since late September, as many as 14 Christians have been killed in Mosul, according to government officials and humanitarian groups.
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Barbara Walters talked to Russian president Vladimir Putin in 2001.
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German authorities have reported a first case of the deadly H5N1 virus in a farm in Saxony. It's the first time this year that the pathogenic form of bird flu has been officially discovered on European soil.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard....
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When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard.
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The Iraqi government was yesterday rushing 1,000 police to Mosul to try to stop a murderous campaign against Christians which has forced thousands to flee the northern city.
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STAR Cronulla rugby league player Greg Bird has reportedly left Australia to join his girlfriend in the US.
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GREG Bird has fled to the United States to meet girlfriend Katie Milligan outside the jurisdiction of his Apprehended Violence Order, which only applies in New South Wales.
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Oct 14 - A Cambodian court has sentenced three former Khmer Rouge soldiers to 20 years in prison for the kidnap and murders of a British mine clearance expert and his interpreter.
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Four former Khmer Rouge rebels were sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for their involvement in the deaths of a British mine clearing expert and his Cambodian interpreter.
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Murky business groups are waging a murderous struggle for their cut of everything from real estate to aid funds.
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CRONULLA officials are furious at the disappearance of Greg Bird as the club joined the hunt for the missing Sharks lock following speculation he had fled to the US.
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SEATTLE (AP) -- The King County prosecutor is expected to announce his death penalty decision in the case of a man and woman accused of killing six members of her family on Christmas Eve at Carnation....
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BAGHDAD (AP) -- Three suspected al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents stood in the wooden dock, accused in the grisly 2006 killings of three U.S. soldiers south of Baghdad - one of the most brazen attacks against American forces since the war began....
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Since it joined the EU last year, Bulgaria has emerged as a cautionary tale for nations confronting the stark reality and heavy costs of drawing fragile post-Communist nations into their orbit.
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MORE troubling US economic data surfaced today showing the banking and credit crisis has taken a sharp bite out of the manufacturing sector.
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SEATTLE (AP) -- Michele Anderson has said she hopes to be executed for the slaughter of six of her family members, including two young children, on Christmas Eve last year....
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Two suspects were arrested Thursday and accused of killing 24 men whose bodies were found last month in a rural area outside Mexico City.
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Global Industries Ltd. (GLBL) is dropping sharply during pre-market trading following the release of guidance for the upcoming quarterly results.
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Josh Hamilton’s life story, chronicled in his new book, is a path from schoolboy star to crackhead to discovering God to Home Run Derby slugger.
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THE Greg Bird saga is nowhere near over, with the troubled Cronulla star surfacing to admit he won't return from the United States until next month.
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A £1m project to remove hedgehogs from the Hebrides has been hit by two prickly problems.
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Experts say Mexico’s explosion of drug-related violence has caught the attention of the country’s children, filling their head with images that are hard to shake.
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THE Bulldogs have revealed an interest in troubled Cronulla star Greg Bird. Bird may now have two NRL options when sacked - as is anticipated - by the Sharks.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - A house crow found dead in a crowded district in Hong Kong last week has tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, a government spokeswoman said on Monday.
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Roy K. Moore, 94, an FBI agent who oversaw investigations into some of the most notorious civil rights-era killings of the 1960s, died of complications of pneumonia Oct. 12 at St. Catherine's Village nursing home in Madison, Miss.
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THE International Bird Life Conference in Argentina has recognised Nabajjuzi Wetland in Masaka Municipality as an International Bird Area (IBA), Nature Uganda executive officer Caroline Akuti has said.
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The $50,000 donation to Bird Studies Canada made as a part of J.D. Irving Ltd.'s court settlement Monday after the lumber giant pleaded guilty to violating the Migratory Birds Convention Act will be used to count birds in the Maritimes.
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The death of a teenager after a stabbing in west London raises the number of teenagers killed in violent incidents in the capital this year to 27.
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International efforts have pushed back the spread of bird flu this year, but the risk of a global influenza pandemic killing millions is as great as ever, the United Nations reported.
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - International efforts have pushed back the spread of bird flu this year, but the risk of a global influenza pandemic killing millions is as great as ever, the United Nations and World Bank reported on Tuesday.
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INTERNATIONAL efforts have pushed back the spread of bird flu this year but the risk of a global influenza pandemic killing millions is as great as ever, the United Nations and World Bank reported yesterday.