Best of our wild blogs: 10 Sep 08

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Help needed to identify the sea monster drop by to share your suggestions on the Midnight Monkey Monitor blog Ghosts in the shell an elusive...

Plans for eco-park on Semakau landfill

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It may be a test bed for energy studies and a place for 'green' recreation Ang Yiying, Straits Times 10 Sep 08; FROM the ashes of S...

Singapore PM calls for US leadership on climate

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He expects the next leader to take a different stance on environment Jeremy Au Yong, Straits Times 10 Sep 08; PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loon...

Woman dies after falling from bike

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She was not wearing helmet when she was flung going down a winding slope Sujin Thomas, Straits Times 10 Sep 08; THE death of a woman who wa...

Shipyard blast sends worker flying into sea

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Jermyn Chow, Straits Times 10 Sep 08; A MASSIVE explosion rocked a barge in a Pandan Road shipyard yesterday, ripping off part of the vesse...

Singapore public trust in charities rebounds

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But more needs to be done to encourage volunteerism Alicia Wong, Today Online 10 Sep 08; PUBLIC confidence in charities has increased this ...

Silent Streams? Escalating Endangerment For North American Freshwater Fish

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ScienceDaily 9 Sep 08; Nearly 40 percent of fish species in North American streams, rivers and lakes are now in jeopardy, according to the ...

Australian scientists call for world's largest marine park in coral sea

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University of Queensland 10 Sep 08; Townsville: Australia's most eminent tropical marine scientists today strongly backed calls by the ...

Whale shark in Atlantis hotel aquarium to be released

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Emmanuelle Landais, Gulf News 9 Sep 08; Dubai: A whale shark rescued off the coast of Jebel Ali and placed in the Palm Jumeirah Atlantis h...

Australian military may have brought toads to Timor: report

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Yahoo News 9 Sep 08; The Australian military may have deployed more than just soldiers in East Timor -- reports said Tuesday it could also ...

Morocco "Goat Plague" Poses Regional Threat - FAO

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PlanetArk 10 Sep 08; ROME - Millions of sheep and goats in Morocco could be killed by a virus which poses a risk to other north African and ...

Russia's Lake Baikal Threatened by Zinc Mine

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Olga Petrova, PlanetArk 10 Sep 08; LAKE BAIKAL, Russia - Green trees sway on the hilly Russian horizon, rainbows pierce Lake Baikal's g...