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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An abrupt end to an osprey breeding season and bad weather are affecting a centre's visitor numbers.
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Turkish Cypriot authorities are trying to shed their tiny enclave's image as a haven for crooks with new laws on money laundering and casinos, but their efforts are being undermined by Cyprus's decades-old ethnic partition.
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ISTANBUL, Dec 1 (IPS) - Turkey's controversial move towards European  Union membership has drawn strong opposition within several  member states, but a bigger obstacle now emerges by way of a tiny  new member of the club: Cyprus.
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By Jacqueline L. Urgo, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Jun. 17--ABSECON, N.J. -- Kim Bannister walks out her front door and sighs.   Her concrete driveway is covered with large pools of stinking bird excrement and rotting crab shells.
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NICOSIA: Cyprus has upped the ante in its demands for recognition from Turkey, warning its European Union partners it may otherwise veto the start of accession talks with Ankara, local newspapers reported.
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PATRAS, Greece (BBC News) - A legal battle is under way here over a parrot that is facing a $650 parking ticket.  The local council says his perch is illegally parked and is obstructing drivers because it partially blocks a metered parking space. Coco the parrot's owner, Lambros Michalopoulos, says the bird will die if it has to move back inside.  Neither side is backing down so now the dispute is going to the courts. Patras's Deputy Mayor Spiros Demartinos is embarrassed that Coco's plight is attracting international attention.
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The environment minister promises a tough approach to wildlife crime after a golden eagle killing in the Borders.
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Cyprus begins aerial spraying to eradicate swarms of crop-destroying locusts that have arrived from Africa.
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By Margaret Slaby, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--You've planted and pruned, watered and watched it grow. And now, at last, the first crop of tree fruit is ripening on the branch. Then the birds descend. They perch and peck, pillage and plunder.
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Species in the air and on the ground are in deep trouble, according to two recent studies tallying steep declines in bird and amphibian populations. Scientists are speculating about the causes.
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Bulgaria&#39;s wilderness areas, among the largest in Europe, are threatened by property investors who use legal loopholes to contest the territories&#39; protected status to build holiday flats.
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The bald eagle is out of the woods but  other birds of prey are in trouble.
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A massive airdrop of paper birds to promote peace failed to halt violence in Thailand&#39;s restive south, with a spate of new attacks targeting soldiers and local officials erupting on Monday.
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5 October 2004 - Law enforcement experts are urging stronger action against poachers or smugglers of endangered species, but warn that many countries lack the ability to fight wildlife crimes, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today.
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Some say stricter measures endanger wildlife, but others argue those concerns are smokescreens for pro-immigrant sentiment
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A Lufthansa airliner en route to Tel Aviv was rerouted to Cyprus on today after the airline received a bomb threat. The airliner was escorted by Israeli warplanes on its way to the Mediterranean island.