Science
Giant tortoises making a comeback on the Galapagos Islands
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Captive breeding efforts by scientists and conservationists have led to stunning success in returning the animals to the wild.
Energy
What a Waste! Electricity generated from raw sewage
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Raw sewage may become a new source of energy for the world. That’s right—electricity from poop.
Science
Antidepressants, caffeine changing shrimp behavior
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The drugs, found in coastal water systems, make shrimp more likely to swim towards light — and predators.
Culture
Tanzania proposes highway in the Serengeti
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Conservationist groups say the proposed highway will decimate migrating wildebeest herds.
Democracy
‘Morality police’ are watching your every move on Arabian Peninsula
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New Kuwait all-women morality police will enforce laws against LGBTS, transvestites and the “flirtatious.” In Saudi Arabia, women are fighting back.
Democracy
Bhopal gas victims still searching for justice after 25 years
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Activists cite a double standard in the U.S. response to Gulf Oil Spill versus the U.S. response to Union Carbide’s Bhopal Disaster, which killed up up 23,000 people.
Democracy & Civics
In Moscow, put a damper on slaughtering sheep in courtyards, OK?
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When in Moscow, do as the Muscovites do.
Environment
Niger Delta oil spills dwarf BP, Exxon Valdez catastrophes
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Thousands of spills across decades have ravaged the Niger Delta region.
Featured
FIFA accused of blocking condom distribution, safe-sex information during World Cup
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HIV prevention groups and the South African government will raise awareness by giving out hundreds of millions of free condoms during World Cup.
Democracy & Civics
Five Al-Jazeera anchorwomen resign over ‘decency’
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The news presenters quit after attacks on their “clothes and decency.”