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China elephants kill woman and attack police: reports Wild elephants attacked and killed a woman in southwestern China before chasing police and investigators from the scene.

10 July 2013

Whale knocks surfer unconscious in Australia A Sydney surfer had a lucky escape on Sunday when he was hit by a whale frolicking off Bondi Beach and knocked unconscious.

07 July 2013

Fat Malaysian orangutan put on diet An obese orangutan has been put on a strict diet by Malaysian wildlife authorities after two decades of gorging on junk food handed out by tourists.

05 July 2013

Concentration of poisonous substances in Proton-M crash area does not exceed permissible level Concentration of poisonous substances in the soil, air and water in the area of the crash of Russian rocket Proton-M does not exceed the permissible levels.

04 July 2013

Heptyl won't reach villages in Kyzylorda in big quantities: Mussabayev The hazardous substances spilled because of the Proton-M crash at Baikonur cannot reach villages in Kyzylorda oblast in big quantities.

04 July 2013

Hundreds of tons of heptyl is a chemical attack: expert Corresponding member and analyst of Tsiolkovskiy Russian Cosmonautics Academy Yuriy Karash commented the possible consequences of the crash of Proton-M at Baikonur in Kazakhstan.

03 July 2013

Cane toads wiping out crocodiles Down Under: study Australia's noxious cane toad is wiping out populations of a unique miniature crocodile, researchers warned Wednesday, with fears the warty, toxic creature could extinguish the rare reptile.

03 July 2013

Kazakhstan protests Russian rocket launches from Baikonur A group of activists gathered near the Russian General Consulate in Almaty after the crash of Russian unmanned carrier rocket Proton-M at Baikonur.

03 July 2013

Red Cross cartoon to demystify Pacific climate change The Red Cross has launched a light-hearted education campaign aimed at those it describes as most vulnerable to climate change.

03 July 2013

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Scientists demand New Zealand save 'sea hobbit' Marine scientists have urged New Zealand to immediately ban fishing in waters inhabited by the world's rarest dolphin, saying that losing even one of the creatures will threaten the species' existence.

01 July 2013

Mexico City trash-for-food market helps capital clean up On a recent rainy Sunday morning in a Mexico City neighborhood, people lined up under their umbrellas with bags of empty milk cartons, plastic bottles and cardboard at their feet.

29 June 2013

Nazarbayev calls to make Kazakhstan green Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has held a field meeting on development of the Green Belt around Astana.

28 June 2013

Over 1 thousand dead seagulls discovered in Kazakhstan sector of Caspian Sea Mass mortality of seagulls has been registered at Shalyga island in the northern part of the Caspian Sea.

27 June 2013

Australia takes Japan to top UN court to stop whaling Australia takes its legal battle to stop Japanese whaling in the Antarctic before the UN's highest court on Wednesday, in an emotionally-charged case activists say is make-or-break for the giant marine mammals' future.

26 June 2013

Rising seas washing away Pacific leader's home island As the US urges world leaders to ramp up action on climate change, the leader of one small island chain in the North Pacific Ocean has already got the message -- watching helplessly as rising seas slowly erode his birthplace.

26 June 2013

New flame-headed bird species found in Cambodia capital A new species of bird with a distinctive orange-red coloured tuft of feathers on its head has been found in Cambodia's populous capital city.

26 June 2013

Kazakhstan has no plans to divert Irtysh: authority The General Plan of Territories in Kazakhstan does not provide for diversion of the Irtysh River: Kazakh Scientific-Research and Design Institute of Construction and Architecture.

25 June 2013

Japanese racing pigeon flies across Pacific to Canada A plucky pigeon that flew across the Pacific Ocean from Japan will be bred by a bird lover in Canada hoping its progeny will make top long-distance racers.

25 June 2013

Pesticides tainting traditional China herbs: Greenpeace Traditional Chinese herbs are being contaminated with a toxic cocktail of pesticides that poses a threat to consumer health and the environment.

25 June 2013