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"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death." - Albert Einstein

American, Dane die in hot air balloon crash while on safari at Tanzania’s Serengeti Nat’l Park

Report: Wild monkeys sustain broken limbs from commercial trapping in island nation Mauritius

Planned highway in Tanzania’s Serengeti criticized for effect on wildebeest, zebra migration

Everglades, rainforests in Madagascar added to list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in danger

Heart transplant recipient’s efforts on Mt. Kenya, Africa’s 2nd-highest peak, foiled by cold

Actor Don Cheadle is named a goodwill ambassador for the UN’s environmental program

Conservation group declares water bird in Madagascar extinct, 25 years after last sighting

South Africa’s neighboring countries hope to see more tourists as a result of World Cup

Upriver Nile countries sign compact pitting the 4 countries against Egypt and Sudan

Scientist: Elephants’ fear of bees could help prevent fatal conflict with humans

Ice cap on Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountain range has split after melting; global warming blamed

Iran’s President Ahmadinejad in Africa to build ties with new partners, evade UN sanctions

Gorillas in danger from hunters, timber trade, warfare in central Africa, UN report says

UN: Polluted water killing, sickening millions every year, killing more people than war

Tanzania, Zambia propose one-off sales of their ivory stocks at UN conservation meeting

China and Japan help defeat proposal boosting shark conservation efforts at UN meeting

IMF official: Use quota method to raise funding to help poor nations adapt to climate change

Rights group: Kenya must pay evicted community whose land was turned into national reserve

Small solution to a big problem: guinea pig meat tested as solution to Congo hunger crisis

UN taps British, Ethiopian PMs to hunt for new financing on climate change

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Kenya Wildlife Service begins to move 7,000 zebras and wildebeests to restock top game park

Thousands of people gather in Africa and Asia to view annular solar eclipse

Aid groups say southern Sudan may return to war with elections, independence referendum ahead

American mother, baby killed by charging elephant while walking on nature trail in Kenya

US expert: ‘Too late’ to save northern white rhino; 4 sent to Kenya are subspecies last chance

4 rare northern white rhinos relocated to Kenya in hopes of saving subspecies

Somali pirates hijack ship with $20M of oil, showing difficulty of protecting supertankers

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