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There’s a tiger over there!
AS THE NUMBER OF WILD tigers is dwindling at a drastic rate, staring into the eyes of one of these majestic cats in its natural kingdom is a lifetime’s experience. “There’s a tiger over there!” exclaimed Durgesh, the Naturalist who had driven me into the forest. His startling remark diverted my attention away from the…
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Teach a man to fish: Can aid restrict a country’s ability to grow?
AS THE ANCIENT CHINESE proverb goes, “Give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you’ll feed him for a lifetime.” Are the effects of huge fundraising efforts temporary? Does aid actually help or hinder?
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Let’s get naked in Croatia!
I can’t say I wasn’t warned. My host for my press trip to Croatia made a conscious effort to brief me on the flight to Rovinj about the Eastern European norm to lounge au naturel in their spas.
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Breaking News: Javan rhino is ‘extinct in Vietnam’
THERE IS ONE JAVAN RHINO left in the Vietnam wilderness deeming the species extinct in the country.
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Former News of the World employee asks: What if phone hacking produces positive results?
Bob Satchwell – the Executive Director of the Society of Editors and a former assistant editor at News of the World– asked two thought-provoking questions in a talk at the University of Westminster yesterday, that may be on the minds of many but voiced by few: What if, as a result of Milly Dowler’s phone being hacked, she had been found…
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Breaking News: Endangered Animals Freed and Shot Dead in Ohio
FORTY-EIGHT WILD ANIMALS – including 18 Bengal tigers, 17 lions and two grizzly bears – were shot dead by police today after a released prisoner freed animals from his Ohio game preserve, before shooting himself.
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Smooth Criminals: The sophisticated tiger trade
The tiger trade is one of the largest criminal networks in the world, fetching around $10 billion a year. Comparatively, the cocaine trade is worth $70 billion, placing the two infamous industries on a similar scale. The tiger parts trade is extremely complex and highly sophisticated, making it a tricky trade to understand and eradicate. And…
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Chocolate Unwrapped this Weekend: From farming to flavours
EXCUSE ME WHILE I find my way out of the mound of chocolate I am buried under right now. Chocolate Week was seven days of pure indulgence, culminating this weekend with the Chocolate Unwrapped event.
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Breaking News: Virgin Atlantic to use world’s first low carbon fuel
IT’S A KNOWN FACT that airlines have heavy-weighted carbon footprints that can walk all over and blacken a world that should be green. Virgin Atlantic have announced they will be using the world’s first fuel that uses half the carbon footprint of the usual fossil fuel that is used by other airlines.
Monica Sarkar 