Army poised for action against wild animals
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Japan is preparing to mobilize troops to  deal with wild animals such as boars, bears and monkeys.
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BANGKOK : Conservationists are preparing for key battles at a global wildlife summit in Bangkok as officials warn that the battle to save endangered species is being hampered by lumbering bureaucracy, unwilling governments and a cash crisis.
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Blog: Roadside bombs are a big threat to troops in Iraq. An armored truck called the Cougar could help protect the troops.
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US troops have begun a new offensive to hunt Taliban and al-Qaeda militants through the harsh Afghan winter, aiming to sap their strength ahead of planned spring elections, the American military said today.
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Guests at Army lodging facilities who want to smoke will soon have to go outside to do so.
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In a high-tech take on a canary in a coal mine, the U.S. Army is using sensitive bluegill fish to monitor water reservoirs for signs of contamination or attack.
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Soldiers from the Black Watch are preparing to target criminal and terrorist gangs as they settle into the regiment&#39;s latest base in a US-controlled area of Iraq.
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Victorian environment officers are about to embark on an ambitious campaign, implanting contraceptives in 2,000 koalas. The new koala management strategy is designed to protect the koalas and their environment.
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The Army, strained by unrelenting violence in Iraq and operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere, is considering ways it can speed up the creation of two combat brigades while shifting personnel and equipment from other military units.
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(Correcting number in headline from 200 to 400. A corrected version of the item follows)  Text of report by Radio France Internationale on 6 June  [Chadian President] Idriss Deby Itno has deployed 400 regular army soldiers to defend the elephant population decimated by poachers.
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Large quantities of arms and ammunition  have poured into Darfur in the last two weeks and the  government appears to be preparing for a major military  offensive, the African Union (AU) said on Friday.
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FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Army soldiers are being issued new fatigues with easy-to-use Velcro openings and a redesigned camouflage pattern that can help conceal them as they move rapidly from desert to forest to city in places like Baghdad.
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Israeli army spotters have a new job: counting wild animals on both sides of the West Bank separation barrier to help naturalists assess the problems caused by the huge structure, an army publication reported.
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Anti-war activists said on Tuesday they were prepared to risk their lives to disrupt a military exercise involving almost 30,000 U.S. and Australian troops off Australia's north coast.
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Park rangers in Virunga National Park, home to some of the world's last mountain gorillas, are on the front lines of Congo's war. More than 120 rangers have been killed in this lush sanctuary over the last decade.
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THE future of the world&#39;s large wild mammals is threatened by pressures similar to those that caused the extinction of two-thirds of such species at the end of the most recent Ice Age.
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First it was foxes, then it was squirrels. Now it is the turn of deer to start invading Britain's towns and cities.