Cyprus: Illegal bird trapping worsens
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Illegal trappers on Cyprus killed more than half a million protected birds this fall for sale at local restaurants, conservationists said Thursday.
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Cypriot police are looking for graveyard thieves who did not settle for their normal booty of flowers and went for the tombstone instead.
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A program to reintroduce migratory whooping cranes to the eastern United States suffered a major blow when the Florida storms killed of the 17 birds.
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Science & environment: Operation underway to halt a feared invasion of rats from destroying important seabird breeding station
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Tens of millions of locusts have descended on Cyprus and the island now has less than 10 days to act before the invasion turns into a self-perpetuating plague.
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A ship bound for Syria from North Korea   and detained in Cyprus on an Interpol alert for suspected arms   smuggling was carrying air defense systems, Cypriot authorities   said on Monday.
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Malaysia faces the extinction of 45 bird species in the next five to 10 years if it fails to introduce protected areas and breeding programmes for endangered species, a report said Thursday.
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Cyprus begins aerial spraying to eradicate swarms of crop-destroying locusts that have arrived from Africa.
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Science & environment: Three men admit using baited traps to catch protected birds of prey that might attack grouse
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Overfishing on the Mediterranean is threatening artisanal fishermen and endangering more than 100 marine species.
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BANGKOK, Thailand - A massive airdrop of paper birds intended to promote peace failed to halt violence in Thailand's restive south, with a spate of new attacks Monday that targeted soldiers and local officials.
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A report released recently by the National Audubon Society indicates a number of bird species are decreasing in number all over the country.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 1 -- Amid so much that cannot be trusted, so much that is dangerous to do, Hassan Jarbou had begun to find some solace every Friday in the act of buying birds.
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The Interior Department had tried to limit a separate set of protections for the majestic bird that has served as a national symbol for centuries.
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ATHENS, Oct 17 (IPS) - "Conditions in the detention centre of Samos  are offensive to human dignity, and a violation of human rights;  it is a compromise of Greek status internationally."
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The BBC's Martha Dixon sees how Spain struggles to deal with illegal immigrants in the Canary Islands.
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NICOSIA - Israeli fighter jets mistakenly buzzed a Swiss aircraft close to Cyprus before intercepting a German airliner and forcing it to land on the island because of a bomb threat, officials said.