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PRESS MIRROR (Jan. 26, 2010)

Bluefin ban could put Japan in bind
Prized delicacy faces real curb to save species
Seafood-loving Japan — having faced years of international pressure to stop whaling — finds itself with a potentially bigger fight over a highly prized type of tuna that conservation groups say is being fished to extinction …
The Japan Times – Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010?
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PETA pie-bomb terror alert: With all that cream, no one is safe …
An MP from Newfoundland and Labrador says Monday’s incident in…

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PRESS MIRROR (Jan. 25, 2010)

WEST BLASTED BY PETA BOSS
A top official at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has slammed controversial rapper KANYE WEST as a “pathetic idiot” for donning a fur …
Contactmusic.com – 25 January 2010 19:16
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Dolphin and bat sonar share DNA design
The sonar sense of dolphins and bats evolved independently in very different environments but is similar at the genetic and molecular level in both species, scientists say …
CBC.ca – ?Monday, January 25, 2010 | 3:38 PM…

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Haiti

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Auf der UNO-Konferenz von Durban im Jahr 2001, einberufen von Kofi Annan und Mary Robinson, verlangte Haiti von Frankreich eine Entschädigungszahlung von 150 Millionen Goldfranken. Die Forderung hat eine Vorgeschichte: Der Sklavenaufstand von 1802 hatte Haiti die Freiheit gebracht. 1804 schlugen die befreiten Sklaven das hochgerüstete Expeditionskorps Napoleons in die Flucht. Es sollte in Haiti die Sklaverei wiederherstellen. 1814 schickte König Ludwig XVIII. den Unterhändler Franco de Medina. Die befreiten Sklaven enthaupteten ihn. Frankreich änderte daraufhin die Strategie: Ein wirtschaftliches, diplomatisches, finanzielles Embargo wurde gegen

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PRESS MIRROR (Jan. 23, 2010)

Lamb ads ‘un-Australian’: animal activists
Former Australian football player Sam Kekovich has been accused by animal rights activists of accepting “blood money” for an ad campaign in which he urges people to eat more lamb …
Sydney Morning Herald – ?January 24, 2010?
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Feds: Jaguar capture was intentional, illegal
A report by the U.S. Department of the Interior slammed the Arizona Game and Fish Department over the capture and killing of an endangered jaguar last year, saying the capture was intentional and illegal…

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PRESS MIRROR (Jan. 21, 2010)

These little piggies are being mistreated, say PETA activists
PIGLET racing at a popular Brisbane pub has been branded arbaric by animal activists who have vowed to try to have this weekend’s event cancelled …
NEWS.com.au – ?January 22, 2010 12:00am?
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Brock Lesnar’s next fight: Obamacare and Canadian health care
… “I’m a carnivore. I’m not a big fan of PETA. I’m a member of the NRA, and whatever I kill, I eat. Basically, I was just for years surviving on meat and…

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PRESS MIRROR (Jan. 19, 2010)

Help Needed for the Animals of Haiti: Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH)
The international effort, headed by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the World Society for the Protections of Animals (WSPA), currently includes the ASPCA, American Humane Association, Humane Society International, United Animal Nations (UAN), Kinship Circle and Best Friends Animal Society …
EcoWorldly (blog) – ?January 19th, 2010
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Canine virus takes hold
An uncommon winter upswing in a potentially fatal canine virus has some in local veterinarian offices…

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PRESS MIRROR (Jan. 17, 2010)

Manila Zoo’s elephant needs a better home
PEOPLE for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia has just released a report on Vishwamali (“Mali” for short), an elephant who was born in Sri Lanka in 1974 and was 3 years old when she was torn away from her family and shipped to the Manila Zoo …
Malaya – MONDAY JANUARY 18, 2010
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Anti-whalers need to win over Japanese public
REPORTS in the Australian media continue to confuse the actions of the Sea Shepherd…

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PRESS MIRROR (Jan. 16, 2010)

10 Million Tons of Chemical Fertilizer Discharged into China’s Water Every Year
A new report finds that Chinese farmers used a stunning 40 percent more fertilizer than necessary …
AlterNet – January 16, 2010
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Anti-whaling Australia threatens whales by global warming
Australia leads the world in condemnation of the annual killing of 1,000 whales by the Japanese. However Australia is the world’s worst annual per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) polluter and man-made global warming with consequent loss of Antarctic sea ice is a…

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PRESS MIRROR (Jan. 15, 2010)

Battle for whales too weak, poll finds
MORE than eight in 10 Australians say the Federal Government is not doing enough to prevent Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean, a poll has found …
The Age – January 16, 2010
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The Whaling Controversy Resolved: ‘Mysterious Islands’ DVD Shows Sea Shepherd Pirates to Be Darwinian Extremists
SAN ANTONIO, TX, Jan. 15 /Christian Newswire/ — Last week’s clash between the Japanese whaling ship, the ‘Shonan Maru’ and the ‘Ady Gil’, a vessel owned and manned…

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PRESS MIRROR (Jan. 14, 2010)

Minke Whale Genetics Study Shows Faulty Logic in Japan’s Pro-Whaling Argument
One of the justifications the Japanese whaling industry gives for violating the international ban on whaling is that killing minke whales will help larger baleen whales recover. Well, a new study in Molecular Ecology, conducted by scientists from Stanford and Oregon State universities refutes that argument: …
Treehugger – 01.14.10
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Kelis Tells PETA to Kick Rocks: “Minks and Chinchilla are Rodents Anyway.”
Kelis received a letter from PETA regarding her mink and…

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