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John Goddard dies at 88; adventurer fulfilled most of childhood goals
Indiana Jones, the swashbuckling fictional adventurer, would seem to have nothing on John Goddard. As a boy growing up in Los Angeles, Goddard dreamed of adventures in faraway lands and spent his life pursuing an elaborate set of goals. He wanted to...
Tags: Human Interest
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Did dinosaur ancestors benefit from worst extinction on Earth?
Dinosaurs may have been wiped out by a mass extinction about 65 million years ago, but an earlier extinction event may have given their predecessors a leg up on the competition, according to a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....
Tags: Paleontology, South Africa, Fossils, Zambia
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Good fences make safe lions
During the 1960s, when most African nature reserves were being established, lions tended to be born free. But today, freedom doesn't always serve them well. Fifty years ago, human population densities were low in the areas where lions roamed. But...
Tags: Gardens and Parks, International Economic Institution, Economic Organization, Budgets and Budgeting, National Parks
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Foreign government offices
For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is available only through their websites. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at...Tags: Malaysia, Politics, Morocco, Guinea, Armenia
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Your Scene: Hippo cozies up to Tanzania camp
During a trip to Africa this summer, Karen Rubin stayed at the Grumeti tented camp in northern Tanzania. While there, she had a surprising encounter with one of the locals. "I was unpacking, and this hippo wandered in front of my tent," she said. "I...
Tags: Canon EOS
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Phillip Tobias dies at 86; South African expert on early man
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Phillip Tobias, a renowned South African paleoanthropologist and expert on early man and hominids, died Thursday. He was 86.
Tobias died in a Johannesburg hospital after a long illness, according to South Africa's...Tags: Archaeology, Caves and Caverns, Diabetes, Awards and Prizes, Genetics
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Afghan suicide bomb attack kills 4 civilians; 3 Britons injured
World NowA suicide car bomber who took aim at a Western convoy in southern Afghanistan on Thursday killed four Afghan civilians and injured more than 30 other people, including three British nationals who were involved in reconstruction work, Afghan and British... -
Scots aren't the only ones considering independence
World NowScotland, independence, sovereignty, Tibet, Basques, Quebec, Puerto Rico: Scotland could take steps toward seceding from Britain, Henry Chu reports. It isn’t the only place in the world with an independence movement. Click on our photo gallery to... -
Ugandans pull Kony spotlight to mysterious nodding disease
World NowIn the flurry of attention that a viral video on notorious militia leader Joseph Kony has drawn to Uganda, some Ugandans are trying to pull the international spotlight instead to nodding disease, a fatal and mysterious illness that plagues thousands of... -
Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt, a former Black Panther leader, dies in Tanzania
L.A. NOWElmer G. "Geronimo" Pratt, a former Los Angeles Black Panther Party leader who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit and whose case became a symbol of racial injustice during the turbulent 1960s,...... -
Traveling abroad? For information, check with the country's tourist office
For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is through their website only. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-...Tags: Panama, Ukraine, Fiji, South Africa, Slovakia
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Jane Goodall's primatology archives to be moved to Duke University
L.A. UnleashedDURHAM, N.C. -- Chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall is moving her vast collection of field data to Duke University. Duke spokesman Karl Bates said Thursday the archives on chimpanzees that Goodall gathered during decades of work in Tanzania is being moved........
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