Madagascar: A Spectacular Last Hurrah
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A species of self-destructing palm trees that flower once every 100 years and then die has been discovered in Madagascar.
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Travel: Roger Deakin's tree-inspired travelogue is a magical and meditative final work, says Rory MacLean.
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ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar -- This island nation off the southeastern coast of Africa poses one of the world's great AIDS mysteries.
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A self-destructing palm tree that flowers once every 100 years and then dies has been discovered on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, botanists said Thursday.
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At the end of the very long Metallica documentary &quot;Some Kind of Monster,&quot; the venerable heavy metal band reaches what is -- to its members -- a monumental conclusion.
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Reseachers have linked the survival of the Acacia tree-ant relationship to Africa's big browsing mammals
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Believe in the eighth wonder of the world.
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The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar voted on Sunday in an election expected to return dairy tycoon Marc Ravalomanana to a second term as president of one of the world's poorest countries.
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A list of 15,000 species threatened with extinction - many of them by human activity - is published.
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A generation ago, a battle was successfully waged on this rugged island to preserve what was left of its primeval forests, home to giant trees millennia old. Now tourism spawned by this natural heritage is threatening its survival.
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By Aranee Jaiimsin, Bangkok Post, Thailand  Feb.
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BANGKOK - The future looked brighter for leaf-tailed geckos and great white sharks after a UN meeting on trade in wild plants and animals.
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AFRICA - Inondazioni in Africa australe: situazione drammatica in Mozambico Roma (Agenzia Fides)- Le piogge torrenziali continuano a flagellare vaste aree dellÂAfrica australe. Oltre allÂAngola (vedi Fides 8 febbraio 2007) anche Mozambico e Madagascar sono interessate da gravi alluvioni. \
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The rabbit-size rodents were once said to be headed for extinction, but now scientists say there are three times more of them on the African island than had been thought.
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Some on-the-ground research from my recent vacation to Southeast Asia.
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The discovery of remains of a tiny human closely related to man on the remote Indonesian island of Flores and tales of Hobbit-like creatures who still roam its jungles have triggered an influx of visitors in search of a fabled lost world.
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IFOTAKA, Madagascar  - Manahira Mahateraka  communicates with the dead.