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Toxic water destroys Pakistan's largest lake
AFP, Published on 06/12/2016
» MANCHAR LAKE, Pakistan - For generations the Mohanna tribe have lived, loved, worked, and played on Pakistan's Manchar Lake; their floating settlement serving their needs from birth to death.
UN chastises Thailand over unsolved murders
AFP, Published on 28/11/2016
» The United Nations chastised Thailand on Monday for a series of murders of land activists which have gone unpunished, highlighting the kingdom's shockingly poor record in solving such killings.
Survivors remember Oct 6 student massacre
AFP, Published on 06/10/2016
» Buddhist monks opened an emotionally charged commemoration at dawn on Thursday, the 40th anniversary of a massacre of student protesters at Thammasat University, as survivors reflected on a battle for democracy that appears lost in junta-run Thailand.
Two charged in S. African court for 'freeing' endangered penguin
AFP, Published on 30/09/2016
» PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - Two men have appeared in court in South Africa accused of stealing a endangered-species penguin called "Buddy" from a marine park and releasing him into the sea, police said Friday.
China ship owners pay up for Australia reef disaster
AFP, Published on 19/09/2016
» SYDNEY - The owners of a Chinese ship that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef in 2010 agreed to pay Australia Aus$39.3 million (US$29.6 million) on Monday, in a settlement dismissed by conservationists as "woefully inadequate".
Timeline of recent bomb blasts
AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» Here is a brief timeline of major blasts in Thailand in the past five years, compiled by AFP. The list does not include incidents in the deep South.
Wild tiger count rises for first time in 100 years
AFP, Published on 11/04/2016
» NEW DELHI - The number of wild tigers across the globe has increased for the first time in a century thanks to improved conservation efforts, wildlife groups said on Monday.
Dolphin activist Ric O'Barry detained in Japan
AFP, Published on 20/01/2016
» TOKYO - US animal rights activist Ric O'Barry who featured in "The Cove", a documentary about dolphin slaughter in a Japanese town, has been detained in Tokyo by immigration authorities after being denied entry to the country, his supporters said Wednesday.
Warming opens famed Northwest Passage to navigation
AFP, Published on 09/12/2015
» ABOARD CCGS AMUNDSEN (CANADA) - Beneath the Aurora Borealis an oil tanker glides through the night past the Coast Guard ice breaker Amundsen and vanishes into the maze of shoals and straits of the Northwest Passage, navigating waters that for millennia were frozen over this time of year.
14 rescued orangutans flown back to Indonesia
AFP, Published on 12/11/2015
» A group of 14 smuggled orangutans were repatriated from Thailand to Indonesia on Thursday, five years after the majority of them were discovered abandoned by the side of the road.