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This Terrifying Human-Sized Bird Hunts Crocodiles (And Anything Else It Wants)
A prehistoric feathered throwback that stands five feet tall, this apex predator easily swallows its younger siblings, and ...
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Growing consumption of the American eel may lead to it being critically endangered like its European counterpart
Current research has focused on the critically endangered Anguilla anguilla, commonly known as the European eel.While its export outside the European Union is tightly regulated, large quantities ...
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Congo says it will join peace talks with Rwanda-backed rebels on Tuesday
March 16 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo will send a delegation to Angola on Tuesday for talks aiming to resolve a spiralling conflict against Rwandan-backed rebels in the east ...
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Congo weighs attending talks with M23 in Angola as rebels make demands
Angola says peace talks to begin in Luanda on March 18 Congo has so far refused direct negotiations with rebels M23 lists demands for dialogue 'Phased withdrawal' for Southern African troops in ...
The New York Times29d
What Congo’s President Thinks of Rwanda: A ‘Mania to Be the Apex Predator’
As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals deal with the United States. By Ruth Maclean Reporting from Nairobi ...
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How Atlantic Canada came to rule the slimy, slippery, squirmy big business of baby eels
As fishing eels was banned elsewhere, the industry in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia became deliriously successful – and deeply troubled You can save this article by registering for free here.
Bloomberg L.P.11d
Congo to Negotiate With Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels, Angola Says
Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels will engage in direct negotiations in the coming days to end the conflict in the country’s mineral-rich east, according to the presidency of Angola ...
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An unknown illness has killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo. Here’s what we do know
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick. The outbreaks ...
The New Zealand Herald10d
Eels returned to stream after being dumped at compost facility
Live eels at a composting site following the excavation of Salty Creek at Westminster Avenue by contractors for Napier City Council. Photo / Merv McNatty Eels hauled up from a stream during digger ...
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Mystery deadly disease kills over 50 people in Congo within hours; know symptoms and other details
A fatal and unknown illness has rapidly spread in northwestern Congo, causing over 50 deaths. Victims die within 48 hours of symptom onset. The outbreak began on January 21 in Boloko after ...
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Mystery disease in Congo may be from poisoned water source, WHO says. Here's what to know.
A mystery illness that has caused dozens of deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo appears to from a "poisoning of a water source," according to the World Health Organization. The WHO's head ...