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September 17th, 2009 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
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Dublin, September 17 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old arrowhead in the Burren, in Ireland, which is evidence of what could be the oldest habitation site in the region.
According to a report ...
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September 8th, 2009 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Sep 8 (ANI): A 12-year-old Chinese boy has found himself three very unusual friends - wild birds.
Wu Rongtao brought them to his house in Lianyuan, Hunan province, after he found ...
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August 18th, 2009 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
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Gorakhpur (UP), Aug 18 (ANI): Japanese Encephalitis has claimed eight lives in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district.
According to officials at the BRD Medical College Hospital, these deaths were reported in the last ...
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July 6th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 6 (ANI): A new research has suggested that many of the ancient mummies from the South American Chinchorro culture were victims of arsenic poisoning.The Chinchorro mummies are mummified remains of ...
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July 5th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new research has suggested that many of the ancient mummies from the South American Chinchorro culture were victims of arsenic poisoning.The Chinchorro mummies are mummified remains of ...
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July 5th, 2009 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new research has suggested that many of the ancient mummies from the South American Chinchorro culture were victims of arsenic poisoning.The Chinchorro mummies are mummified remains of ...
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January 17th, 2009 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Jan 17 (IANS) As this city plays host to around 15,000 migratory birds which are here for the winter, the administration is watching out for signs of danger - in the ...
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October 29th, 2008 - 3:46 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, October 29 (ANI): An international team of researchers claims that it has unearthed evidence for the movement of Asian forms of avian influenza to Alaska by northern pintail ducks.
Scientists with ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 20 (ANI): US researchers have found that a single vaccine could be used to protect chickens, cats and humans against deadly flu pandemics.
Based on a bird flu virus, the ...
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September 22nd, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
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Haldwani (Uttarakhand), Sept 22 (ANI): Doctors of Haldwani district in Uttarakhand fear an outbreak of the much-dreaded Japanese Encephalitis fever, as five patients complaining about fever have been admitted in a ...
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September 6th, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, September 6 (ANI): A new analysis done by researchers from the University of Michigan has determined that captive breeding colonies of a critically endangered Asian vulture, whose numbers in the ...
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July 31st, 2008 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 31 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have identified a virus that may be responsible for the mysterious parrot disease.
The team led by Joseph DeRisi, PhD, ...
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June 3rd, 2008 - 10:29 am ICT by IANS
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By Sanjeeb Baruah
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Owls are becoming the latest target of illegal bird traders in India as they try ingenious ways to hoodwink the law with the demand for ...
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May 26th, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by admin
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DPA
Hamburg (Germany), May 26 (DPA) Birds instinctively choose the fruit which is healthy and shun less health-giving food options, German researchers have found. Given a choice, birds flock to fruits with the ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 1:23 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 14 (ANI): Pointed wings, a smaller weight to wing area ratio, and systematic avoidance of high winds and atmospheric turbulence are the right ingredients for migratory birds to save ...
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April 15th, 2008 - 5:38 pm ICT by admin
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RIA Novosti
Vladivostok (Russia), April 15 (RIA Novosti) Authorities in Russia's Far East Tuesday confirmed the presence of a deadly strain of bird flu in a village in the Primorye territory, where some ...
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March 18th, 2008 - 5:36 pm ICT by admin
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DPA
Hanoi, March 18 (DPA) A Vietnamese pharmaceuticals company is to begin testing an avian influenza vaccine in humans this week, the company's director confirmed Tuesday. Nguyen Thu Van - director of Vabiotech, ...
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March 11th, 2008 - 3:08 pm ICT by admin
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DPA
Hanoi, March 11 (DPA) Bird flu has killed four endangered civets in northern Vietnam in the first confirmed cases of H5N1 virus infection in the species, officials said Tuesday. Four Owston's palm ...
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March 7th, 2008 - 2:54 pm ICT by admin
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DPA
Hanoi, March 7 (DPA) Bird flu has killed more than 2,000 ducks and chickens in Vietnam's capital city, raising the number of provinces with avian influenza outbreaks this year to 10, an ...
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March 6th, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, March 6 (ANI): A micro-aircraft inspired by the common swift bird, has made its first flight in the Netherlands.
According to a report in Live Science, the robotic bird was designed by ...
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February 28th, 2008 - 11:52 pm ICT by admin
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London, Feb 28 (IANS) A new study reveals that male wild birds exposed to pollution develop more complex songs, preferred by the females, though they show reduced immunity. Katherine Buchanan and her ...
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February 17th, 2008 - 9:00 pm ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Beijing, Feb 17 (Xinhua) Wildlife officials have started a massive search for about 100,000 migratory birds that disappeared from the Poyang Lake Nature Reserve after the worst winter in 100 years hit ...
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January 15th, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by admin
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London, January 15 (ANI): Scientists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, have discovered that air pollution can cause DNA mutations in sperm.
The findings are based on a study of mice ...
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