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      Thursday 20 June  
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      Poaching and illegal trade in protected species like elephants, rhinos and tigers has boomed into a $19 bn a year industry that threatens security and stability in many countries, the World Wildlife Fund warned Wednesday.
      Bulletin: Illegal wildlife trade 'threatens nations' security'

      Bulletin: Illegal wildlife trade 'threatens nations' security'

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      Karel Poborsky in action during the final of the European Championships against Germany in 1996. The retired Czech football legend is bracing for a new challenge far from the stadium turf as he prepares to head to Cameroon to encourage local youngsters to help protect the African nation's gorillas.
      Bulletin: Football legend Poborsky shows animal instincts

      Bulletin: Football legend Poborsky shows animal instincts

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      A woman stands amongst a grove of a Giant Sequoia (Redwood) trees, in the Sequoia National Park in Central California. Redwood trees, which are native to California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, are the world's largest by volume reaching heights of 274.9 feet (84.2 metres) and a ground level girth of 109 feet (33 metres).
      Bulletin: World's biggest, oldest trees are dying: research

      Bulletin: World's biggest, oldest trees are dying: research

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      A lion at the Entabeni Safari Conservancy in Limpopo, South Africa in July 2012. Africa's savannahs, and the lions that have found their home there, are disappearing at an alarming rate, plummeting two thirds over the past 50 years, a study has found.
      Bulletin: Africa's vanishing savannahs threaten lions: study

      Bulletin: Africa's vanishing savannahs threaten lions: study

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      Patrial view of the Miravalles Solar Power Plant in Miravalles, 220 km north of San Jose, taken on November 22.British renewable energy firm Blue Energy announced Tuesday that it will build a giant solar power plant in Ghana which it claimed will become the biggest in Africa.
      Bulletin: British firm to build 'Africa's biggest solar plant'

      Bulletin: British firm to build 'Africa's biggest solar plant'

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      Tourists take pictures of the city of Cape Town as seen from the top of Table Mountain. South Africa's Table Mountain was formally inaugurated as one of the world's new seven wonders of nature at a ceremony on Sunday, a move officials hope will bring major economic benefits to the area.
      Bulletin: South Africa's Table Mountain becomes a 'wonder'

      Bulletin: South Africa's Table Mountain becomes a 'wonder'

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      Children sail past an oil pipeline head near their home at Andoni settlement, Bonny waterways in Rivers State in 2011. US oil giant ExxonMobil's Nigerian subsidiary warned on Wednesday it may not meet production expectations following the shutdown of a pipeline after an oil spill off southern Akwa Ibom state.
      Bulletin: Exxon warns on Nigerian production after oil spill

      Bulletin: Exxon warns on Nigerian production after oil spill

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      Hassan Hussein and Abdi Musa cut down a tree to make charcoal in the village of Jalelo. Hundreds of thousands of Somalia's traditional pastoralist herders put their country on a path of heavy deforestation that risks turning their country into a desert.
      Bulletin: Massive deforestation risks turning Somalia into desert

      Bulletin: Massive deforestation risks turning Somalia into desert

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      Two young boys stand in front of a pond infected with lead poison at Dareta village, Anka district in Zamfara State on June 10. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Thursday urged Nigeria to release funds promised to clean up an area where lead poison killed hundreds of children, warning that further delays could be "disastrous".
      Bulletin: Nigeria 'must clear lead poison soil to avoid disaster'

      Bulletin: Nigeria 'must clear lead poison soil to avoid disaster'

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      The Krechba gas treatment plant, about 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Algiers, pictured in December 2008. Algeria, the world's fourth-largest gas exporter, has decided to develop its shale gas potential as well, but experts fear this could cause severe environmental problems.
      Bulletin: Algeria to exploit controversial shale gas

      Bulletin: Algeria to exploit controversial shale gas

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