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Skin trade ‘could wipe out India’s tigers’

October 4 - 11, 2006
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Tigers in India, which contains half of the world’s surviving population, face extinction unless an illicit skin trade run by criminal gangs betwee ...

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Methane levels to rise again after slowdown

October 4 - 11, 2006
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Scientists have uncovered evidence that levels of the greenhouse gas methane will rise sharply in the next few years, warming the planet faster tha ...

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Methane levels to rise again after slowdown



Weightless operation will aid astronauts

October 4 - 11, 2006
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French surgeons performed the first operation on a person in weightless conditions.

In the 10-minute procedure, four doctors cut out a cys ...

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Weightless operation will aid astronauts



Catastrophic mudslide in Java could last 100 years

October 4 - 11, 2006
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Mud, gas and boiling water that have been gushing out of the ground in east Java since May, submerging half a dozen villages and 20 factories, coul ...

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Catastrophic mudslide in Java could last 100 years