Amazon forest fires 'on the rise'

The number of fire destroying the Amazon rainforests is increasing, studies have found.A team of scientists in the region said the fire may release similar amounts of carbon as a deliberate deforestation.Writing in Science, they said fire occurrence...

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Climate change made apes vanish in ancient Europe

Great apes were swept away in the old Europe, when their environment changed dramatically around nine million years ago, scientists say.A study of fossil teeth of grazing animals sheds light on what Europe was like during the late Miocene.Researchers...

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US missile 'used in Yemen raid'

American missiles were used in a raid against al-Qaida in Yemen, where women and children died in December, the rights group Amnesty International says.Amnesty has released images taken after the raid, which he says shows remnants of a US-made Tomahawk...

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Kouchner and Hague pressure Israel over Gaza

The EU could play a greater role in ensuring aid gets into Gaza and weapons are banned, the French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said.He urged Israel to an international investigation into the deaths of nine activists to accept a Turkish aid ship.He...

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