Rhino found dead in West BengalOctober 10th, 2009 KOLKATA - An adult rhino was found dead in a West Bengal forest Saturday morning, an official said. The animal was seriously injured in fighting among rhinos.
AP Exclusive: Son says he's certain Ky. census taker found dead with 'fed' on chest was slainSeptember 30th, 2009 AP Exclusive: Son sure Ky. census taker was slainLONDON, Ky.
Goa wildlife board to examine tiger poachingSeptember 15th, 2009 PANAJI - Goa Forest Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues has said that the state wildlife board would look into a controversial forensic report of a suspected case of tiger poaching, the first in the state. Rodrigues told reporters in Panaji Tuesday that the board, which is headed by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, will decide the further course of action.
2 Virginia Tech students found slain in Jefferson National Forest; appear to have been shotAugust 27th, 2009 2 Va. Tech students found slain in Va. forestBLACKSBURG, Va.
Forest Service worker killed by falling tree as he helped clean up Ore. marijuana operationAugust 21st, 2009 Falling tree hits, kills OR Forest Service workerBAKER CITY, Ore. — A U.S. Forest Service employee is dead after being struck by a falling tree as he helped clean up a marijuana growing operation in eastern Oregon.
Authority to force environmental laws to be set upAugust 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - The central government will soon set up a national authority to enforce environmental laws, minister Jairam Ramesh said Wednesday. "At the state environment and forest ministers' meeting yesterday (Tuesday) in Delhi, there was a broad agreement on this aspect.
John Hughes mourned at private service in Illinois; writer-director died at 59 in NYCAugust 12th, 2009 John Hughes mourned at private service in IllinoisLAKE FOREST, Ill. — Filmmaker John Hughes is being remembered by family and friends who gathered in a Chicago suburb for a private funeral.
Russian general says submarines are on regular patrols off US East CoastAugust 5th, 2009 Russian general confirms submarine patrols near USMOSCOW — A top Russian general says two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines that have been spotted off the U.S. East Coast are part of regular patrols.
20 blind people are able to test drive dune buggy designed by Va. Tech studentsAugust 2nd, 2009 20 blind people test drive student-designed carCOLLEGE PARK, Md. — Several blind people were able to get behind the wheel of a new high-tech vehicle designed by Virginia Tech engineering students.
Gov says some kin of Va Tech shooting victims don't want state review panel renewedJuly 30th, 2009 Gov: Some Va. Tech kin don't want panel renewedRICHMOND, Va.
Over 250 coal mines in forest landJuly 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two hundred and fifty-four proposals to divert 50,818 hectares of protected forest land have been approved by the government since the Forest (Conservation) Act was passed in 1980, parliament was informed Monday.
Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh informed the Rajya Sabha in response to a question that the maximum amount of protected forest land, 12,579.12 hectares, had been diverted for coal mining in Chhattisgarh, followed by Andhra Pradesh (12,709.62 hectares), Madhya Pradesh (10,980.37), Jharkhand (7,545.33), Orissa (2,899.99), Uttar Pradesh (1,984.83) and Maharashtra (1,815.09).
Report: Test scores rise, but achievement gap persists between black and white studentsJuly 14th, 2009 Achievement gap divides black, white studentsWASHINGTON — Reading and math scores are rising for black students across the country, but not enough to close the gap between them and their better-scoring white peers, an Education Department report released Tuesday found. The gap in reading is especially dismal — only three states have managed to narrow the divide between black and white students in fourth grade, and no state has narrowed the gap in eighth grade.
Central wildlife authorities unhappy with Goa forest officialsMay 28th, 2009 PANAJI - Central wildlife authorities are unhappy at the callousness with which the Goa forest officials have handled the tiger poaching incident in the Mhadei wildlife sanctuary, where a tiger was brutally caught in a wire-trap and then shot dead. S.P Yadav, joint director of the Delhi-based National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), told IANS Wednesday that forest officials from Karnataka were the ones who informed them about the poaching of the tiger in Goa.
Royal Bengal tiger driven out of forest by cycloneMay 26th, 2009 KOLKATA - Cyclone Aila that hit the eastern Indian coast scared a Royal Bengal tiger out of the Sundarbans national park and into an inhabited area in the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, according to information reaching here Tuesday. The tiger moved near Jamespur village in Satjelia island where it terrorised villagers for a whole day before returning to the protected forest area, said A.
Nev. man pleads guilty to sending e-mail threat to Va. Tech alumni a year after shootingsApril 28th, 2009 Man pleads guilty to threatening Va. Tech alumsROANOKE, Va.
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