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Reuters - Wed Aug 17, 7:43 AM ET
Health inspectors dispose of chickens that died from the bird flu virus in the village of Vasilevka in the Siberian region of Novosibirsk August 2, 2005. Russia's top state epidemiologist warned on Monday that the outbreak could also spread through the country's key agricultural areas in the south and then on to the Middle East and Mediterranean countries. (Dmitry Vinogradov/Reuters) -
Reuters - Wed Aug 17, 8:00 AM ET
A bear is seen inside its cage in Hanoi, Vietnam August 17, 2005. Vietnam plans to plant microchips in an estimated 4,000 captive bears to try to stop wildlife traders catching more of the animals in the wild and selling them to bile farms, state media reported on Wednesday. (Kham/Reuters) -
Reuters - Wed Aug 17, 2:29 PM ET
Scientists are proposing reintroducing large mammals such as elephants, lions, cheetahs and wild horses to North America to replace populations lost 13,000 years ago. The scientists say that not only could large tracts of North America act as breeding sanctuaries for species of large wild animals under threat in Africa and Asia, but that such ecological history parks could be major tourist attractions. 'Africa and parts of Asia are now the only places where megafauna are relatively intact, and the loss of many of these species within this century seems likely,' the team, led by Josh Donlan from New York's Cornell University, said. 'Given this risk of further extinction, re-wilding of North American sites carries global conservation implications,' the team wrote in Wednesday's issue of the science journal Nature. It said large mammals were common across all continents until the Late Pleistocene wipeout that hit North America hardest and handed the world to smaller species. The largest mammals in the United States today are bison. The Pleistocene epoch lasted from about 1.65 million years ago to 10,000 years ago. An elephant on the plains of Masai Mara Game Park in Kenya, August 18, 2003. (Antony Njuguna/Reuters) -
AFP/File - Wed Aug 17, 5:13 PM ET
The Nyiragongo volcano, seen here in 2004, that looms over Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could soon wipe out the city, said a risk analysis report by volcano experts leaked to AFP(AFP/File) -
AFP/FIle - Wed Aug 17, 5:34 PM ET
A firefighter flees the flames, while battling a wildfire close to Pampilhosa da Serra, 300 kilometers northeast of Lisbon, 15 August 2005. Hundreds of firefighters battled several heat-fueled forest fires that raged across Spain and Portugal amid a severe drought that has dried reservoirs and led to water restrictions in many places(AFP/FIle/Francisco Leong) -
AFP - Wed Aug 17, 5:34 PM ET
A firefighter battles a wildfire in Pracais, near Pampilhosa da Serra, 300 Km north east of Lisbon, 16 August 2005. Hundreds of firefighters battled several heat-fueled forest fires that raged across Spain and Portugal amid a severe drought that has dried reservoirs and led to water restrictions in many places(AFP/Francisco Leong) -
AFP/File - Wed Aug 17, 5:34 PM ET
A villager in Pracais, near Pampilhosa da Serra, 300 Km north east of Lisbon. Hundreds of firefighters battled several heat-fueled forest fires that raged across Spain and Portugal amid a severe drought that has dried reservoirs and led to water restrictions in many places(AFP/File/Francisco Leong) -
AFP/File - Thu Aug 18, 7:38 AM ET
Haze shrouds a ferry while a man covers his face with his shirt to avoid breathing smoke-filled air in Port Klang, Malaysia. Rains have cleared the skies over Indonesia's Sumatra island, where raging fires caused a haze which also choked Malaysia and Thailand in recent weeks(AFP/File/Tengku Bahar) -
An Indonesian street trader tries to attract customers in Jakarta as the value of the rupiah continues to plummet. -
Palestinians travel to Gaza City via the beach after Israeli troops evacuating Netzarim settlement close the main road from the south. -
Activists of the opposition Union of Right Forces carry a giant Russian flag at a Moscow rally celebrating National Flag Day. -
Heavy rain adds to the woes of sacked catering workers on picket duty at London's Heathrow Airport. -
Belarussian women catch pike in a lake as fish prices reach record levels at markets across the country. -
A firefighter crosses a flooded street in the Swiss capital, Berne, after heavy rains paralyse many areas of the country. -
Reuters - Sat Aug 20, 9:09 PM ET
Fireworks display is seen over the Neues Palais (New Palace) during a music festival in the city of Potsdam, south of Berlin August 20, 2005. The Neues Palais was the largest building in Sanssouci Castle, the summer residence of Prussia's Frederick the Great. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch -
AFP - Sat Aug 20, 7:07 PM ET
It's so small : A young boy looks at a miniature locomotive at the three-day International Model Railroad Convention Japan, in Tokyo. (AFP/Toru Yamanaka) -
AFP - Sat Aug 20, 8:28 PM ET
Up and over : David Rojas of Colombia pole vaults during the Juegos Bolivarianos in Armenia, Colombia. (AFP/Rodrigo Arangua) -
AFP - Sat Aug 20, 7:47 PM ET
Flying around : The French Air Force aerobatic team 'Patrouille de France' perform their skills during a demonstration flight at the Moscow International Air Show in Zhukovsky, some 50 kms outside Moscow. (AFP/Tatyana Makeyeva) -
AFP - Sat Aug 20, 7:40 PM ET
To see the pope : Pilgrims holding crosses and a Polish banner arrive at the World Youth Day festival at the Marienfeld near Kerpen, before Pope Benedict XVI will hold a prayer vigil for hundreds of thousands of young Catholics. (AFP/Joe Klamar) -
AFP - Sat Aug 20, 8:22 PM ET
Swimming around : A globally threatened sea turtle (Caretta Caretta) swims in the Mediterranean sea near the Aydincik coast in eastern Turkey. (AFP/Tarik Tinazay) -
AFP - Sat Aug 20, 8:13 PM ET
Into the deep : A Calamar (Logio vulgaris) belonging to the Loliginidae family swims in the depth of Mediterranean sea near the coast of Aydincik in eastern Turkey. (AFP/Tarik Tinazay) -
AFP - Sat Aug 20, 7:27 PM ET
Tragedy : A woman kisses a commemorative plaque with the names of the 160 West Caribbean Airlines plane crash victims at a cemetery in Maracaibo, Venezuela. (AFP/Andrew Alvarez) -
AFP - Sun Aug 21, 7:18 PM ET
Searching Baghdad : A US soldier of Ironhawk Troops, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment walks beside a highway during a cache explosives searching mission on the outskirts of Baghdad. (AFP/Liu Jin) -
AFP - Sun Aug 21, 7:18 PM ET
Youth Day : Pilgrims hold a giant poster of Pope Benedict XVI at the end of Sunday's mass at Marienfeld in Kerpen, a park on the former site of a coalmine near Cologne, Germany. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff) -
AFP - Sun Aug 21, 7:21 PM ET
Ladies and chicks : Elderly Russian women chat in front of a private hen house, as they hold chicks in the village of Oktyabrskoe in the Ural mountain region of Chelyabinsk. (AFP/Yuri Tutov)