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• Half of mammals are in decline, study finds
The situation is particularly serious for land mammals in Asia, through the combined effects of overharvesting and habitat loss," the experts wrote in their study, "and for marine species, victims of our increasingly intensive use of the oceans ...
• World markets follow huge Wall Street losses
The sluggishness in the credit markets that triggered much of the heavy selling in markets around the world since mid-September appeared little changed even after a string of interest rate cuts by central banks in the United States, Europe and Asia ...
• Maldives gears up for first democratic election
MALE, Maldives - To supporters, President Mamoun Abdul Gayoom is a hero who turned a poor nation of fishermen into a tourist paradise and the economic success story of South Asia. Detractors accuse him of ruling the Maldives as a dictator, violently ...
• Ex-Finnish president wins Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway - Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it honored Ahtisaari for ...
• Magnitude-6.6 quake kills dozens in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - A powerful earthquake struck the mountains of Central Asia, killing 58 people and destroying more than 100 buildings in a village in southern Kyrgyzstan, emergency officials said Monday. The quake near the border between ...