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South Africa: Dogs battle cheetahs

Erin Conway-SmithFebruary 22, 2010 07:56Updated May 30, 2010 13:21

MOLOPO RIVER, South Africa — Peter Knipe’s cattle ranch along the South African border with Botswana is deep in cheetah territory. It is a sparsely populated area on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, where men on horseback round up cattle on the scrubland under a blazing sun.

Can Vladimir Putin save the world's tigers?

Patrick WinnFebruary 24, 2010 08:10Updated May 30, 2010 13:21

BANGKOK, Thailand — Asia’s most venerated beast, the tiger, is being wiped out by those most obsessed with its folky mystique. Despite prohibitions throughout Asia, businessmen still bestow bushy tiger pelts as auspicious gifts. Apothecaries still treat leprosy with a dab of tiger fat. Wine is spiked with pureed tiger bones in hopes of boosting of strength. Conservationists fear that 2010, the Year of the Tiger, will stir even more interest in the black market for tiger parts.

Toyota recall: An embarrassment for Japan, Inc.

Justin McCurryFebruary 20, 2010 09:59Updated May 30, 2010 13:21

TOKYO — It is a measure of the depth of fears surrounding the safety of Toyota’s cars that its media-shy president, Akio Toyoda, has briefed the massed ranks of the Tokyo press corps three times in less than two weeks. On Wednesday, as he discussed the latest installment in the recall of more than 8 million vehicles worldwide, it appeared that the cacophony of criticism over his handling of the crisis was beginning to resonate.

Power from garbage: compost lights up city streets

Beth HodgsonFebruary 18, 2010 22:37

Toyota promises to recycle recalled vehicle parts

Beth HodgsonFebruary 17, 2010 19:03

Toyota has faced numerous issues over the past few weeks with recalls on various vehicle models due to uncontrolled acceleration issues. Between these recalls and questions about reliability of the Prius, Toyota has also become a focus of environmental debate.

Decreasing the methane emitted by livestock

Beth HodgsonFebruary 16, 2010 21:50

As worldwide efforts are underway to reduce the greenhouse gases emitted from human technology, nature poses a risk of its own: livestock. Due to bacteria in their digestive track, when livestock pass gas, they emit a substantial amount of methane into the atmosphere, which in turn increases global warming.

Saving South America's emblematic condor

Helen HughesFebruary 22, 2010 07:36Updated May 30, 2010 13:21

SANTIAGO, Chile — Patriotic emblems are fast becoming the only place in northern South America to find the mighty condor. In the less populated Andean heights further south, however, the gigantic bird has a chance to make a comeback. A wildlife recovery project between Chile and Argentina is helping to breed, rehabilitate and release condors into the wild.

StreetLife: Cairo — Limp butts in Egypt

Jon JensenFebruary 17, 2010 13:23Updated May 30, 2010 13:21

Whale meat: For research or food?

Gavin BlairFebruary 17, 2010 08:10Updated May 30, 2010 13:21

TOKYO, Japan — Two Greenpeace Japan activists pleaded not guilty on the first day of a trial on Monday to theft and trespass charges. But this is no simple expression of alleged Japanese crime and punishment. The high-profile case relates to a box of whale meat the activists say they took in order to expose widespread corruption in the publicly-financed “scientific” whaling industry.

De-bombing South Sudan

Pete MullerFebruary 25, 2010 08:08Updated May 30, 2010 13:21

MUNDRI, Southern Sudan — Sudan's civil war ended five years ago, but its legacy remains in the cluster bombs that can still be found on the fertile banks of the Yai River. This meandering Nile tributary bisects Mundri, a desolate, southern trading center. An historic stronghold of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), Mundri saw intense fighting during the latter years of the war, which lasted from 1983 to 2005.