October 31, 2011
 Indian Sikh devotees pay their respects during Diwali at the Sikh Shrine the Golden Temple in Amritsar on October 26, 2011. As the global population hits seven billion, experts are warning that skewed gender ratios could fuel the emergence of volatile "bachelor nations" driven by an aggressive competition for brides. Many demographers believe the [...]
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June 12, 2011
A GlaxoSmithKline Canada Inc. employee bottles Ziagen, an HIV oral liquid medication, on the packaging line at the company's Canadian headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Dec. 13, 2010. By Francoise Barré-Sinoussi (*) Thirty years ago, US scientists identified the first case of an immune system failure that we (Luc Montagnier, myself and colleagues) found [...]
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February 1, 2010
Tiger numbers have fallen by more than 70% in slightly more than a decade in the Greater Mekong, with the region’s five countries containing only 350 tigers, according to a WWF report. LookAtVietnam – Tiger numbers have fallen by more than 70 percent in slightly more than a decade in the Greater Mekong, with the [...]
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January 27, 2010
Tigers in the Greater Mekong region are facing extinction, their numbers down more than 70 percent in slightly more than a decade due to poachers and habitat destruction, conservationists say. A new report by wildlife group WWF says tiger populations in the region that includes Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have fallen to 350 [...]
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December 24, 2009
Viet Nam is seeking to increase the population of some ethnic minorities, especially for groups whose populations are below 1,000, such as the Brau, Si La, Ro Mam, . . . While Kinh people are advised to have no more than two children each, population officials are trying to encourage some minorities to have more [...]
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July 15, 2009
A Malayan pangolin is seen out of its cage having been confiscated by the Department of Wildlife and Natural Parks in Kuala Lumpur. China’s insatiable demand for pangolins is threatening the survival of the vital pest eaters in Southeast Asia and governments must do more to protect them, experts and activists warned Tuesday. “Due to [...]
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