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BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.
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Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.
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A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gestures while speaking during a media conference after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday Dec. 2, 2008. NATO foreign ministers met Tuesday to tackle tough issues ranging from the escalating war in Afghanistan and improving relations with Russia, to combating piracy off the Somali coast.
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Michael Hamilton, the father of murdered schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton, leaves Dundee High Court in Tayside, Scotland during the last day of the murder trial of Peter Tobin, December 2, 2008. Convicted sex offender Tobin was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday after being found guilty of the murder of a teenage girl who disappeared in 1991. The remains of 15-year-old Vicky Hamilton were found last year at Tobin's former house in Kent, 16 years after she went missing from Bathgate in West Lothian.
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US rider Lance Armstrong's Astana (2ndL) trains on December 2, 2008 with teammates on the Canary Island of Tenerife. The 37-year-old Armstrong, a seven-time winner of the Tour making a comeback to the sport, had announced on December 1 that the he would race the Tour, having originally implied his focus would be on a maiden Tour of Italy instead.
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Actor Viggo Mortensen gestures during a news conference to promote his latest film "Alatriste" in Tokyo on December 1, 2008. The film will be on the screens on December 13. Alatriste, played in the film by 47 year old US actor, is a unscrupulous 17th century adventurer in the movie, set in Spain's "golden age" under King Philip IV which coincided with the emergence of artistic giants such as Velasquez and the development of the "New World."
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Chelsea Clinton (L) and former US President Bill Clinton watch as US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at the National Building Museum in Washington June 7, 2008. Clinton endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to be the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate on Saturday and suspended her own White House bid less than a week after the Illinois senator secured enough support to win the nomination. Clinton's endorsement of Obama in a speech at the National Building Museum marked the beginning of efforts to reunite the Democratic Party after a long and divisive campaign battle that ended on Tuesday when Obama won the support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
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A tear runs down the face of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) as he speaks about his grandmother who died earlier on Monday, during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. On the eve of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham died after a battle with cancer.
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U.S. Democratic presidential candidates Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (R) share a hug at the conclusion of the CNN/Los Angeles Times Democratic presidential debate in Hollywood, California January 31, 2008.
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Articles sorted by relevance containing "Russ Mittermeier"
...19 Hainan gibbons left in the wild on the large island off China's southeast coast, Conservation International President Russ Mittermeier said. In other instances, such as with the beaked whale and jaguar, researchers have a much vaguer idea of their numbers....
...the survey, 79 percent of primates in South and Southeast Asia are facing extinction. Conservation International President Russ Mittermeier, one of the paper's co-authors and a primate specialist, said the animals are experiencing "a triple whammy" in the...
...5,487 mammal species, including marine mammals, which were not previously included in the earlier survey in 1999. According to Russ Mittermeier, president of Conservation International, “The IUCN Red List is the most powerful tool in species conservation today....
...in South Asia and Southeast Asia – including the Hainan gibbon – are facing extinction. There are only 19 Hainan gibbons left in the wild on the large island off China's southeast coast, Conservation International President Russ Mittermeier said. ...
...we're finding individuals that have survived, whereas with others like the golden toad it does seem to be all over," says Russ Mittermeier, CI's president. "It seems like salamanders are more resistant, and why should that be? So we still have a long way to...
...we're finding individuals that have survived, whereas with others like the golden toad it does seem to be all over," says Russ Mittermeier, CI's president. "It seems like salamanders are more resistant, and why should that be? So we still have a long way to...
...about primates being in peril, but now we have solid data to show the situation is far more severe than we imagined,” said Russ Mittermeier, president of Conservation International, and a primate specialist on the IUCN’s Species Survival Commission. “Tropical...
...years about primates being in peril, but now we have solid data to show the situation is far more severe than we imagined," said Russ Mittermeier, president of Conservation International (CI) and the chairman of the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Primate...
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It's hard to say, because there have been a lot of other initiatives as well such as Amphibian Ark, which has a lot of facilities
said Claude Gascon
in BBC News
There are now about 6,200 species - that's 10% more than we had five years ago, and that's probably between 50% and 75% of what there is, because a lot of places remain to be explored
said Claude Gascon
in BBC News
But from our perspective we've probably had about $10m which has gone directly into tip-of-the-iceberg sites that have been very important for conserving the last of a species.
was said
in BBC News
In some of the sessions we've arranged, there's a difference of 50 years between the oldest and youngest people in the group
was said
in BBC News
And you can just imagine the information they release, whether the frogs are in a protected area, whether they adapt well or are totally dependent on a pristine forest biome, whether they've been undergoing rapid decline.
was said
in BBC News
In some patches, we're finding individuals that have survived, whereas with others like the golden toad it does seem to be all over
was said
in BBC News
