
First GPS-collar study reveals how leopards live with people
In the first-ever GPS-based study of leopards in India, led by WCS and partners has delved into the secret lives of these big cats, and recorded their strategies to thrive in human-dominated areas. ... more
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Dizzying heights: Prehistoric farming on the 'roof of the world'
Animal teeth, bones and plant remains have helped researchers from Cambridge, China and America to pinpoint a date for what could be the earliest sustained human habitation at high altitude.
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China bids to host secretariat of new high seas treaty
China's birth rate falls to lowest on record: official data
South Africa flood toll rises, large parts of Mozambique submerged
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China's Alibaba plans to invest more in India
E-commerce giant Alibaba's founder Jack Ma promised Wednesday to invest more in India where online sales are soaring, predicting that the Internet will transform the country's future. ... more
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Wave of child deaths in Pakistan desert
Nearly 300 children have died this year in desert communities in southern Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, as poor monsoon rains and livestock diseases have combined to worsen malnutrition. ... more
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TAPI to get project developer by early 2015
Project leaders in New Delhi confirmed Friday parties to a multilateral gas pipeline from Turkmenistan will work to find a project operator by February. ... more
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Seychelles poachers go nutty for erotic shaped seed
Under cover of darkness in the steamy jungles of the Seychelles thieves creep out to harvest the sizeable and valuable nuts of the famous coco de mer palm, but their activities are threatening its long-term survival. ... more
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Tibetan mega-dam begins operation: China media
China has begun generating electricity from Tibet's biggest ever hydropower project, state-run media reported, the latest dam development on Himalayan rivers that has prompted concern in neighbouring India. ... more
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