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Teenage suicide bomber kills 50 in Nigeria mosque
Associated Press, Published on 22/11/2017
» LAGOS: A teenage suicide bomber attacked worshippers as they gathered for morning prayers Tuesday at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 50 people, police said, in one of the region's deadliest assaults in years.
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Orangutans returned to Indonesian homeland
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2019
» Wildlife authorities sent two orangutans back to Indonesia on Friday as part of a collaborative effort to combat the illicit wildlife trade.
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Time 'running out' for Thailand's dwindling hornbills
Associated Press, Published on 11/10/2019
» Conservationists warn that time is running out for Thailand's dwindling population of helmeted hornbills, thanks to poaching of the exotic birds for the ivory-like casques atop their big yellow beaks.
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Indonesia province shuts schools as haze from fires returns
Associated Press, Published on 14/10/2019
» PALEMBANG, Indonesia: Thick, noxious haze from new deliberately set fires blanketed parts of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Monday after days of improving air quality, causing school closings and flight delays.
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India's tiger population has grown to 'nearly 3,000'
Associated Press, Published on 29/07/2019
» NEW DELHI: India's wild tiger population has grown to nearly 3,000, making the country one of the safest habitats for the endangered animals, the government has announced.
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Japan quake toll rises to 16
Associated Press, Published on 07/09/2018
» SAPPORO, Japan: Searchers used dogs, backhoes and shovels to dig through mud and debris Friday looking for survivors beneath the landslides caused by a powerful earthquake in northern Japan that left at least 16 people dead or presumed dead.
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Orangutan forest being logged despite Indonesian govt vow
Associated Press, Published on 05/06/2018
» JAKARTA: Environmentalists say a tropical forest that's home to critically endangered orangutans on Borneo island is being logged more than a year after Indonesia's forestry and environment ministry ordered a halt to the forest's exploitation.
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Greenpeace: Paper giant cut forests during conservation pact
Associated Press, Published on 16/05/2018
» Greenpeace has ended a five-year truce with one of the world's largest paper companies, accusing it of cutting down tropical forests in Indonesia during the entire time the two were cooperating on conservation.
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Greenpeace leaves sustainable wood certification group
Associated Press, Published on 27/03/2018
» JAKARTA: Greenpeace is withdrawing from the main global group for certifying sustainable wood products, saying it is failing to protect natural forests from exploitation.
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Indonesia mobilises to combat health-damaging forest fires
Associated Press, Published on 21/02/2018
» JAKARTA: Four Indonesian provinces have declared emergencies in anticipation of worsening forest fires that each year spread health-damaging haze across much of Southeast Asia.
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