OâNealâs Role Shrinks as Burdens Grow
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Older, banged up and in the midst of an emotional divorce, Shaquille OâNeal is no longer able to carry a basketball team on his enormously broad shoulders.
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BISHKEK, May 24 (IPS) - Surviving alone in the era of globalisation has  become increasingly difficult for smaller countries with limited  natural resources. Nations which were recently striving for  independence are beginning to unite with others as a means to  withstand economic hardships.
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A university study shows the population of a tiny endangered owl in northern Mexico has declined by an estimated 26 percent over the last seven years, a finding that environmentalists said bolsters their arguments for greater protection for the bird in Arizona.
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They lack solid political bases and support from ruling party elders. One felt the wrath of voters just four years ago when he lost his Diet seat.
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The shrimp-like krill that feed so many Antarctic species, such as whales and penguins, is in big decline, say researchers.
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Global biodiversity is shrinking at an unprecedented rate and the prognosis given by one of the world&#39;s leading conservation bodies, at the opening of a major environment conference here, is alarming.
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PORT BLAIR, DECEMBER 30: The tsunami death toll might not have been as astronomical as it was thought to be in the Andaman and Nicobar Islandsâthe numbers have begun to decrease as dramatically as it climbed.
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Cyclone Gonu&#39;s power was waning on  Friday, after it killed at least 35 people and wrought damage  in energy producers Oman and Iran in the previous days.
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They say as many as 122 species may have become extinct since 1980 and a third of known amphibians face oblivion. Naturalists describe the creatures as sensitive indicators of the health of the wider environment.
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Rural women have fewer resources to help them cope with and understand the menopausal transition.
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What used to matter isn't so critical anymore.
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The number of visitors to nature-oriented national parks has been on the decline.
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Dwindling petroleum engineers create another challenge for the industry.
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One chilly April morning two years ago, manager Jill Vanden Heuvel was at her desk at Algonkian Regional Park expecting a quiet Sunday when the cars started to arrive. Hundreds at first, then more than a thousand, bringing scores of Iranian families toting blankets, coolers and small grills.
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An American institution is in danger of fading away.
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As the US population rises, environmental problems that were once pushed aside may get worse, experts say.
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