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Disappearance of a taxonomic group of organisms from existence in all regions. (source: WCMC)

J&K: PIL filed in High Court, Kashmiri migrants fear extinction  -  22 Oct 2007
Merinews,Litigation (PIL) in Jammu and Kashmir High Court, seeking immediate measures to stop what they called the ‘biological extinction’ of the community.

Livestock in a muddle  -  22 Oct 2007
The Statesman,...“While more than a dozen rare indigenous species are lost, another six are considered most threatened in the world as they are on the verge of extinction in

Moving up the food chain  -  22 Oct 2007
The Age,Is your fish dinner compounding global seafood extinction? Confused already? Food sage Michael Pollan - author of The Omnivore's Dilemma - advises us not to

After extinction fears, Botswana learns to live with AIDS  -  Oct 20, 2007
AFPIt's an impressive achievement for a country whose president, Festus Mogae, warned in 2001 that "we are threatened with extinction" as people were "dying in

Spreading cancer bedevils fight to save marsupial from extinction  -  Oct 19, 2007
New Zealand Herald,The deadly cancer threatening to drive Tasmanian devils into extinction has entered one of the marsupial's last remaining disease-free frontiers.

Resident Evil: Extinction  -  Oct 19, 2007
Times of India,IT’S the third in the Resident Evil franchise which is based on the popular Capcom video game series. And it is the best when compared to the earlier two,

Extinction or the elites. Choose  -  Oct 20, 2007
OpEdNews,...by W. Christopher Epler (Bill) Page 1 of 2 page(s) Human civilization is actually see spot run simple to analyze. What science calls "critical variables"

45 bird species in Malaysia face extinction: report  -  Oct 18, 2007
AFPKUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Malaysia faces the extinction of 45 bird species in the next five to 10 years if it fails to introduce protected areas and breeding

Wine that won Apollo's heart faces extinction  -  Oct 18, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,By Malcolm Moore in Rome One of Italy's oldest and most prized wines is on the verge of extinction because of the back-breaking labour involved in producing

Resident Evil: Extinction  -  Oct 20, 2007
Student Newspaper,Lust no more, friends: Resident Evil: Extinction has arrived in theatres, delivering 95 minutes of Milla, knee-high leather boots, automatic guns and flesh

A hot topic  -  Oct 21, 2007
Chicago Sun-Times,11), is both timely and pointed, addressing global warming, species extinction, sustainability and related topics. In more than 140 talks, forums,

More Species Than Ever Threatened With Extinction, Report Says  -  Oct 15, 2007
Voice of AmericaThe group says rates of extinction today are at least one hundred to one thousand times greater than they would be naturally. Animals listed as in danger of

Resident evil: Extinction  -  Oct 19, 2007
Newindpress,Then there are the others, like Resident Evil: Extinction, that are based on borderline,incomprehensible video games (Extinction is the third installment)

As White Cornerbacks Face Extinction, Efforts to Breed in ...  -  Oct 19, 2007
The Spoof (satire),..."But when an animal faces extinction, you've got to do something." Cornerbacks breed without difficulty in nature, often producing children by cheerleaders

Two More Hawaiian Birds on Brink of Extinction  -  Oct 15, 2007
Environment News ServicePopulation surveys conducted this spring show that these species may be on the brink of extinction. The two birds - the akikiki and the akeke'e - are not

Movie Review - Resident Evil: Extinction  -  Oct 18, 2007
Tonight,Extinction is markedly different from the two previous films. It certainly looks better, with Anderson indulging in great shots of the desert's stark beauty

Another endangered species: This one leads to the extinction of ideas  -  Oct 18, 2007
Jewish Herald-Voice,When languages die, it means the extinction of ideas, ways of knowing and parts of the human experience. The process of language death usually begins with

First agreement that might save mediterranean seal from extinction  -  Oct 18, 2007
Indian Muslims,By NNN-UNEP Adeje, Tenerife, (Spain) : A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the protection of the Eastern Atlantic Populations of the Mediterranean

Southwest Wolves Face Extinction in the Wild  -  Oct 18, 2007
NewsBlaze,...by Rodger Schlickeisen You may have heard of the struggles of wolves in Alaska and the Greater Yellowstone region. But you may not know that a small,

Pittsburgh Zoo Joins Fight Against Animal Extinction  -  Oct 18, 2007
Pittsburgh Channel.com,...the gelada gets pushed higher and higher and eventually they'll literally be pushed off the mountaintop and into extinction," said Fashing.

Redheads on the verge of extinction  -  Oct 14, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,Extinct within 100 years. High sensitivity to heat- and cold-related pain. Down to 2 per cent of the population. With stats like that, if redheads were an

‘Cockroaches’ face extinction (VIDEO)  -  Oct 14, 2007
The Times,Amaphela [cockroaches] is the name given to the Chevrolet taxis plying the sprawling East Rand township — but now they are being threatened by a government

Record industry - on fast track to extinction?  -  Oct 17, 2007
RussiaToday,Musicians are inventing new business solutions to sell their albums, driving the record industry further along the road to extinction.

USA. Four Seasons hotel chain threatens Grenada national bird with ...  -  Oct 18, 2007
BYM News (press release),...“But it glosses over the fact that this amount of habitat loss greatly increases the dove’s chances of extinction.� American Bird Conservancy submitted a

Extinction level profit  -  Oct 17, 2007
Los Angeles Loyolan (Subscription),With this drastic shift in landscape come changes in life for the Inuit population, as well as the almost inevitable extinction of species such as the polar

USA. North Atlantic right whale on the brink of extinction  -  Oct 18, 2007
BYM News (press release),As a critically endangered marine mammal once hunted to near extinction by whalers, the North Atlantic right whale is now protected under both the MMPA and

Resident Evil: Extinction (15)  -  Oct 12, 2007
ic Wales,Finally, we have Resident Evil: Extinction, which is the third episode in the Resident Evil series... well, so far. This time, our heroine Alice (Mila

No fresh ideas in Resident Evil: Extinction  -  Oct 12, 2007
Ireland Online,On the plus side there’s plenty of decent action but there’sa feeling about that the series is heading for extinction unless someone comes up with fresh

Ancient crab species is discovered  -  Oct 18, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story Molting Habits May Have Led To Extinction Of Trilobite (November 25, 2002) -- Molting, that periodic ritual in which arthropods shed and replace

Farrakhan: Black men headed for extinction  -  Oct 17, 2007
United Press InternationalBoisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center that he believes black men may be headed for extinction, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday.

Spoon-Billed Sandpiper Facing Extinction  -  Oct 11, 2007
The Associated PressBANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — A rare bird that breeds in a remote Russian province is facing extinction, conservationists warned Friday, after a survey found

Tacoma zoo saving red wolves from extinction  -  Oct 11, 2007
Seattle Post IntelligencerThe Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma has played a big role in bringing back the red wolf from the edge of extinction. About a third of the 300 red

Preventing Extinction: The Miracle of the Frozen Zoo  -  Oct 13, 2007
AlterNet,By Alisa Opar, Plenty Magazine. Posted October 13, 2007. With the California Condor already saved, genetic samples from endangered species at the Frozen Zoo

Traveston conservation centre plan proves extinction threat ...  -  Oct 10, 2007
ABC Online,...centre is a tactical omission by this Government that these endangered species are going to be under the most incredible threat by extinction."

Resident Evil: Extinction  -  Oct 10, 2007
Times Online,The latest chapter of Paul WS Anderson’s sci-fi horror Resident Evil: Extinction is not wildly concerned about the meaning of life.

Unique Spoon-billed Bird Facing Extinction  -  Oct 12, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — Populations of one of the world’s strangest birds have crashed over the last decade, and surveys this summer of its breeding grounds in the

Resident Evil - Extinction  -  Oct 10, 2007
ABC Online,Now, in EXTINCTION, directed by Australia’s Russell Mulcahy, Alice is a kind of Mad Maxine, a lone bike rider travelling the desert in a post-apocalyptic

Resident Evil: Extinction  -  Oct 12, 2007
The Age,Milla Jovovich comes to save the day with dirty fingernails but not a smudge on her gorgeous face. Events have moved on in the Resident Evil universe since

'Resident Evil: Extinction' at top in Oz  -  Oct 17, 2007
Digital Spy,By Kimberley Dadds Resident Evil: Extinction has pushed Rush Hour 3 off the top spot in the Australian box office chart. The Brave One was also released

Wild tiger spotted over 30 years after 'extinction'  -  Oct 12, 2007
China Daily,XI'AN -- Chinese researchers announced on Friday that the wild South China Tiger, an endangered tiger subspecies believed to have been extinct in the wild

Australian scientists war of coral extinction  -  Oct 17, 2007
Radio Australia,An Australian researcher says the earth's corals could become extinct within decades because of increasing acid levels in the ocean.

Resident Evil: Extinction  -  Oct 11, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,With his videos for Duran Duran and spirited genre efforts Razorback and Highlander, Mulcahy spent the 1980s perfecting the art of delivering flashy,

Tim Robey reviews The Counterfeiters, Mr Brooks, Black Sheep ...  -  Oct 11, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,Like Roman Polanski's The Pianist, The Counterfeiters tells the true story of a brilliant Jewish artist who manages to survive the gas chambers during World

Prices, not extinction, worry Russian caviar fans  -  Oct 8, 2007
Reuters India,MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians only let the price, not the threat of extinction, come between them and caviar, a survey by the global conservation organization

Comet explosions may have caused mammoth extinction  -  Oct 10, 2007
Melbourne Herald Sun,MICROSCOPIC soil particles from an archaeological site in the US might hold a tiny key to a big theory: that comet-caused explosions wiped out the mammoths

Enduring Voices project survey shows languages at risk of extinction  -  Oct 16, 2007
Indian Country Today,According to a survey by the National Geographic Enduring Voices project, many indigenous languages are headed for extinction very soon.

Watch Dogs Saved from Extinction  -  Oct 17, 2007
Russia-InfoCenter,The project of the Russian Institute of General Genetics aimed at preserving endangered species of watch dogs – Tuvinian sheep dog – came to a successful

Dingo on brink of extinction, say conservationists  -  Oct 15, 2007
Sunday Times.au,THE WA Dingo Association is calling for a ban on aerial baiting for vermin control in a radical bid to save Australia's native dog from extinction.

More women face political extinction due to culture of ...  -  Oct 16, 2007
Modern Ghana,Senior Programme Officer of ABANTU for development Hamida Harrison has observed that more and more Ghanaian women continue to face exclusion from taking

GM, Saved From Retirees, Still Faces Extinction: James Pressley  -  Oct 8, 2007
Bloomberg...``Dinosaurs'' like GM and Exxon Mobil Corp. might well face extinction if the Chinese roll out hydrogen-powered cars that emit only water vapor.

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