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Fertile Crescent 'will disappear this century'

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Fred Pearce, New Scientist 27 Jul 09; Is it the final curtain for the Fertile Crescent? This summer, as Turkish dams reduce the Tigris and ...

Egypt says historic Nile River rights not negotiable

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Maha El Dahan, Reuters 27 Jul 09; ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt is working alongside other Nile Basin countries to reach a framework ...

Water crisis uproots Syrian farmers

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Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Reuters 27 Jul 09; SHAIZAR CASTLE, Syria (Reuters) - Only a few decades ago, fish were plentiful in the Orontes river ...

World will warm faster than predicted in next five years, study warns

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New estimate based on the forthcoming upturn in solar activity and El NiƱo southern oscillation cycles is expected to silence global warming...

UN chief discusses climate change in Mongolia

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Michael Kohn Yahoo News 27 Jul 09; ULAN BATOR (AFP) – Expanding deserts "suffocate livelihoods and a way of life," UN Secretary G...

Best of our wild blogs: 27 Jul 09

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Singapore Map exhibition @ NLB, 01 Aug – 31 Oct 2009 from Otterman speaks Hantu Dive Log, 26 July 2009 from Pulau Hantu MAD lessons go to Sc...

No wedding gifts please, donate a tree

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Guests oblige with more than 150 trees for couple Victoria Vaughan, Straits Times 27 Jul 09; TWO lawyers had an unusual request for their g...

Rethink shooting of crows

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Letter from Bhaskaran Kunju, Today Online 27 Jul 09; I WRITE with regard to the culling of crows as carried out by the National Environment...

Foreigners on Segways a curious sight as they trundle down Orchard Road

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Zip and zoom, they draw odd looks Shree Ann Mathavan, The New Paper 27 Jul 09; FIRST there are the stares, then out come the camera phones....

Energy Market Authority carves out new role

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It will look at developing industry apart from its regulatory function Ronnie Lim, Business Times 27 Jul 09; THE Energy Market Authority - ...

Climate change: New study backs UN panel on ocean rise

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Yahoo News 26 Jul 09; PARIS (AFP) – The UN's climate panel has been backed over a key question as to how far global warming will drive ...

Climate change 'threatens' Pacific isles

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The Age 27 Jul 09; New Zealand and Australia need to take urgent action against climate change to stop neighbouring Pacific Islands becomin...
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