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Singapore a key transit hub for wildlife smugglingSingapore (AFP) March 30, 2010 Midori the iguana sits on a platform contemplating his snack of fresh fruit. He is one of the lucky ones, rescued and nursed back to health in Singapore, a major hub for wildlife trafficking. Three months ago the huge and notoriously touchy 1.5-metre (five-foot) adult male was brought into the non-profit Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) rescue centre in bad shape. Director Anbarasi Boopal said Midori had mouth ulcers and excreted a razor blade on his first day at the sanctu ... read more |
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Ottawa (UPI) Mar 30, 2009 Washington has criticized Canada for failing to invite Scandinavian countries and indigenous groups to talks on the future of the Arctic, a region harboring vast natural resources. Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon invited his counterparts from the United States, Russia, Norway and Denmark to the meeting Monday of Arctic coastal states in Ottawa. Groups representing the I ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Mar 30, 2009 In an attempt to bring relief to drought-stricken southwestern China, the government fired cannons and launched rockets loaded with cloud-seeding chemicals throughout the weekend. Results ranged from drizzle to moderate rain to downpours in 11 cities and prefectures, yet meteorologists said the induced rain would have a limited effect on China's worst drought in a century. In the ... more  
London, UK (SPX) Mar 30, 2010A report to be released at a pivotal global meeting on agriculture finds that transforming the agriculture agenda to meet the challenges of a warmer, environmentally-degraded world of 9 billion people will require changes "as radical as those that occurred during industrial and agricultural revolutions of the 19th and 20th centuries." The comprehensive assessment, Transforming Agricultural ... more |
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Hong Kong retail sales spike 35.8 percent in FebruaryHong Kong (AFP) March 30, 2010 Hong Kong said Tuesday that consumer sentiment soared last month as the city's shoppers boosted retail sales by 35.8 percent over the previous year. The city took 26.9 billion Hong Kong dollars (3.5 billion US) in retail sales in February, the Census and Statistics Department said, marking the sixth consecutive monthly rise. Retail sales in January and February this year rose 18.8 percent over the same two months in 2009, the government said. The agency said it was "more appropriate" to meas ... read more |
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