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UN: A third of the world’s population is online
More than a third of the world’s population is online while mobile phone uptake increased by more than 600 million in 2011 to around six billion, a UN agency said Thursday. But the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) highlighted huge disparities in the cost of services, with the poorer parts of…
India’s leopard population at risk of decimation: study
India’s leopard population is at risk of being decimated as a result of rampant poaching fuelled by a thriving black market for its skins, a study by animal conservationists said on Friday. The report by a network of wildlife groups known as TRAFFIC said at least four leopards have been…
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