Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Children chant slogans as Syrian independence flags are waved behind them during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Khalidieh, near Homs January 26, 2012. Picture taken January 26, 2012. REUTERS/ Stringer (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:30:11 +0100 A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species. (Source: Associated Press)
FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, elephants are ...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:10:02 +0100 (AP) - FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, elephants are fed with fresh sugarcanes at the elephant camp in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand. Thailand's revered national symbol, the elephant, may face a new threat of extinction: being poached not just for their tusks, but for their meat. Two wild elephants were found slaughtered in December 2011 in a national park in western Thailand, alerting authorities to the new practice of consuming elephant meat. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)
Nepalese students chant anti government slogans during a torch ...
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Nepalese students chant anti government slogans during a torch rally to protest against Nepal Oil Corporation's decision to hike prices on major petroleum products, including petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG in Kathmandu January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS)
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:10:15 +0100 The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within three decades unless immediate steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestation, environmentalists warned Tuesday. (Source: Associated Press)
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