For half a century the Giant Panda has been a symbol of global attempts to preserve wildlife. Now there are signs that efforts to protect the iconic bears are showing some rewards. The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) has reported that the species is no longer “Endangered” – although the […]
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International, The World We ShareWhen most Americans were asleep on Wednesday night, President Barack Obama was speaking to a small group of domestic and foreign scientists and dignitaries in Hawaii. “Welcome to Hawaii. Aloha!” Obama said beginning his brief speech. “It’s not often I get to welcome folks to my home state.” The president spoke on the eve of
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The World We Share, USAOn the occasion of the National Park Service’s centennial this summer comes an irreverent question: Are the parks still relevant? Famously christened as America’s “best idea” by writer Wallace Stegner and reaffirmed in Ken Burns’ 2009 PBS documentary, it seems brazen, if not blasphemous, to pose the question. Over the last century, the national park
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The World We Share, USAAs night falls on Islamabad, thousands of wild boars descend from the hills above to roam the streets – for some they’re a pest, others see them as a free rubbish removal service. Islamabad (dpa) – The sight of herds of wild boars snuffling their way through mounds of garbage in the otherwise green and
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International, The World We ShareThis new interactive art installation designed specifically for pooches has hounds howling with excitement. The London, England exhibit features a whole host of pawesome creations – like an open car window simulator that blows air into dog’s faces; a play ball pit made to look like a giant dog food bowl; a magic water bowl
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International, The World We ShareAmericans may not have been able to visit Yosemite National Park with President Obama and the First Family earlier this summer, but they can get a glimpse of the president’s trip by watching a newly released virtual reality film of his experience. During Obama’s Yosemite trip ahead of the National Park Service’s 100th birthday, he
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The World We Share, USAThe last tiger in the war-torn Gaza Strip is settling in well to his new home in South Africa after being evacuated, a charity official involved in his rescue told Newsweek. Laziz, an eight-year-old male Bengal tiger, was removed from the Khan Younis zoo in the southern Gaza Strip, which has been dubbed the worst
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International, The World We ShareThroughout its 100-year history, US National Parks have served as a model for other countries trying to set up their own networks of protected spaces. Now China is quietly planning its own national parks system. And, like Costa Rica and India before them, the Chinese are looking toward America. “They’ve visited several locations in the
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As today (Friday, Aug. 26) is National Dog Day, I feel I must pay tribute to Benji, our three- year-old combination Schnauzer and Lhasa Apso. “Benji” is short for Benjamin Harrison, so, in our eyes at least, our dog is very presidential. Every morning when I awaken, Benji
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San Diego County, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & SatireThursday is the 100th anniversary of the law that created the US National Park Service. The vast system includes parks featuring spectacular scenery and sites that are historically and culturally famous all over the world. Seattle (dpa) – The US system of US national parks is one of extremes. There is a park where the
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By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — The Doggie Street Festival is the love child of Jude Pauline Artenstein, a San Diego based independent filmmaker and wife of producer/director Isaac Artenstein. She founded the annual festival eight years ago as a civic tribute to her beloved golden retriever, Scout. During that time [2008-2009], she was recuperating
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Mimi Pollack, The World We ShareORLANDO, Fla. — Lane Graves bent over to scoop wet sand into his small plastic bucket when the alligator struck. The 2-year-old wanted to build a sandcastle on the beach at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa after stormy weather canceled a scheduled outdoor movie. His father, who was standing nearby with his wife and
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The World We Share, USASydney (dpa) – Four men broke into an Australian high school and set loose three female saltwater crocodiles before ransacking an office, local police said Monday. The incident took place at Taminmin College in the unusually named town of Humpty Doo in the Northern Territory early Sunday, a police spokeswoman said. CCTV video released by
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International, The World We ShareForty thousand homes damaged and more than a dozen people killed by torrential rains in Louisiana. Blistering temperatures in the Middle East. Continuing fires in California, fed by five years of drought. All this extreme weather around the world just this week has a lot of people again pointing fingers at climate change — not
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