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Eco-terrorism has become a serious US domestic security threat, a senior FBI official has told a Senate committee

The Amazon rainforest is being destroyed at near record levels, according to new figures released by the Brazilian government.

Venezuela has said the US will be guilty of double standards on terrorism if it does not extradite a Cuban exile wanted over the bombing of a plane.

A remote tribe living amid the depths of the Amazon rainforest is facing extinction at the hands of loggers, campaigners warn.

Stone age craftsmen in China were polishing jade objects using diamond 2,000 years before anyone else had the same idea, new evidence suggests.

Manchester United fans are furious that US tycoon Malcolm Glazer has launched a formal takeover bid for the club.

Some 12.3 million people are enslaved worldwide, according to a major report.

Around the world, a billion Catholics are now wondering where their new Pope will take them.

The World Bank and IMF have called for urgent action to enable the poorest countries to achieve targets known as the Millennium Development Goals.

Italian newspapers are claiming documents found in the files of the former East German intelligence service confirm longstanding suspicions that the Soviet Union was behind the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II in 1981. By Jan Repa

The atmospheric concentration of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide has reached a new high, say US researchers. By David Shukman

Deforestation, climate change, and pollution are compromising economic and social progress in the world's poorest nations, a major report has found.

The fourth and final test of a GM crop grown under UK farm conditions has highlighted the detrimental effects the novel plants can have on wildlife. By Jonathan Amos

A row has erupted over one of the most provocative symbols of global warming - the iconic "hockey stick" graph. By Paul Rincon

Females are genetically more varied than males, an analysis of the X chromosome has revealed. By Julianna Kettlewell

At least 180,000 people may have died in Sudan's Darfur region over the past 18 months, according to the United Nations' top emergency relief official.

Melting glaciers in the Himalayas could lead to water shortages for hundreds of millions of people, the conservation group WWF has warned.

Vietnamese plaintiffs have condemned a US court's decision to dismiss their legal action against manufacturers of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.

US and Ethiopian scientists say they have discovered the fossilised remains of one of the earliest human ancestors.

The famous skeleton from Indonesia nicknamed the "Hobbit" does not belong to a modern human pygmy with a brain disease, as some scientists argue. By Paul Rincon

Amerikan Dışişleri Bakanlığı tarafından 28 Şubat günü yayınlanan 2004 yılına ilişkin diğer ülkelerin insan hakları ile ilgili rapora, Çin yönetimi de 3 gün sonra bir raporla yanıt verdi. Kamil Erdoğdu

Brazil plans to protect a huge swathe of the Amazon after the murder of a US-born missionary who had campaigned for the forest's peasant farmers.

Scientists say they have "compelling" evidence that ocean warming over the past 40 years can be linked to the industrial release of carbon dioxide. By Paul Rincon

Tens of thousands of Iranians have braved blizzards to attend rallies marking the 1979 Islamic revolution.

The following text is the full statement released on Thursday by North Korea's KCNA news agency. North Korea refers to itself as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Judging by recent results from energy giants, oil really can be called black gold again.

Nine people who survived the Asian tsunami have been found on an Indian island after 38 days of living on coconuts, police say.

Eski Birleşmiş Milletler Genel Sekreteri Butros Butros Gali, su kaynakları için rekabetin, Afrika ve Orta Doğu'da savaşların fitilini ateşleyebileceğini savundu.

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Israeli scientists predict the world's coral reefs could begin to collapse in as little as 30 years from now.