Costa Rica probes deaths of 500 pelicans
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Authorities in Costa Rica said Tuesday they are investigating the mysterious deaths of about 500 brown pelicans along the country's Pacific coast over the last five days but do not suspect bird flu was the cause.
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Dirty water and air kill 500,000 a year, says report, as environment chief points finger at corrupt officials
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Australian scientists Monday worked to determine why more than 100 whales and dolphins beached themselves and died off Tasmania, the BBC reported.
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Panamanian investigators exhumed six more bodies Thursday to determine whether the deceased died from ingesting medicine contaminated with diethylene glycol, a chemical cousin of antifreeze.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana  - American and Guyanese authorities said they were investigating on Saturday a threatened chemical attack against U.S. airlines flying out of the tiny Caribbean country.
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A top Panamanian prosecutor said tests show at least 94 people have died from taking medicine contaminated with diethylene glycol since July 2006 and that 293 more deaths are under investigation.
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An investigation is under way into the death of a five-month-old girl savaged by two dogs.
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The deaths of two black men over a three-day period while they were in police custody will be investigated by federal authorities, officials said Thursday.
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An uprooted tree lies on the beach as damaged buildings of Indian Air Force officers, where more than 100 people reportedly were killed by tidal waves, is seen in background, in Nicobar, in India&#39;s southeastern Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Wednesday, Dec.
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IRKUTSK, Russia  - Russian investigators begin   piecing together the last moments of Sibir airlines flight 778   on Monday and passengers' relatives will learn if their loved   ones were among at least 122 people who died.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia ordered an inquiry Wednesday to determine the cause of death of former leader Yasser Arafat.
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Indonesian transport safety officials have launched an inquiry into the crash of a passenger plane in central Java which has killed more than 30 people and injured at least 60 others.
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PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua  - The death toll from Hurricane Felix, which tore into the Nicaragua-Honduras border area this week, has jumped to about 130, a Nicaraguan rescue official said on Friday.
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Ecuador investigates the slaughter of 53 sea lions found in the Galapagos islands with their skulls crushed.
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French authorities launch an investigation after two people who had eaten oysters die in the south-west.
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Mexican prosecutors are investigating whether law enforcement officials or other government authorities were involved in last month's slaying of former President Carlos Salinas' brother, a state attorney general said Wednesday.
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PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua  - Bodies of Miskito Indians killed by Hurricane Felix floated in the Caribbean off Central America and washed up on beaches on Thursday as the death toll from the storm rose to over 60.