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British jihadists worry authorities

The British authorities are concerned about young British men returning from Syria and Iraq after engaging in the fight for the creation of an Islamic state. The former MI6 director Richard Barrett says security services won't be able to monitor all of them. According to recent reports, there could b..
Jul 12,2015

Poaching threatens survival of African elephants

The office of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (known as CITES) says rates of elephant poaching and trade in illegal ivory remain very high. In a new report, CITES warns that Africa's elephants face an immediate threat to their survival because of continued high levels of p..
Jul 12,2015

Obama to announce new pollution targets for power plants

The US government is due to give details about its plan to cut carbon emissions from fossil fuel power stations. This will be one of the most significant actions to try to reduce global warming in US history...
Jul 12,2015

Middle East virus possibly spread by camels

Saudi Arabia has issued its strongest warning so far over the possible connection between camels and a virus that has killed more than one hundred people in the country. The virus, known as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, has infected nearly five hundred people in Saudi Arabia...
Jul 12,2015

Twins meet after 78 years apart

Twin sisters from Aldershot in the UK have met in the United States after spending 78 years apart. Elizabeth Hamel and Ann Hunt found each other after the longest period of separation ever recorded for twins...
Jul 12,2015

Mystery of ocean 'duck' sound solved

A sound like a duck heard in the Southern Ocean has confused scientists for 50 years. But the mystery has now been solved, according to research published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters...
Jul 12,2015

Titanic letter sells for £119,000

The last letter to be written on the ill-fated Titanic has sold for £119,000 at auction.It was written by survivors Esther Hart and her young daughter hours before the ship hit an iceberg and sank in 1912...
Jul 12,2015

Beginning of the end for Japanese whaling?

Three Japanese ships have returned home at the end of the annual hunt for whales in the Southern Ocean. Japan has said they will not set sail again next year, after the International Court of Justice said the hunt was illegal...
Jul 12,2015

US created 'Cuban Twitter'

The US created a text message social network designed to cause unrest in Cuba, according to an investigation by the Associated Press news agency. ZunZuneo, called the 'Cuban Twitter', had over 40,000 users in a country with limited access to the internet. The project is thought to have lasted from 20..
Jul 12,2015

Twitter 'blocked' in Turkey

Twitter users in Turkey report that the social media site has been blocked in the country.This comes after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attacked the site on Thursday...
Jul 12,2015