PLO Takes Over Janin West Bank Town
Palestinians celebrate as Israeli troops pull out of Janin and hand the city to Palestinian authorities beneath Rabin Arafat peace accord. Gen. Yusif hails it as a liberated city with Janin to elect a governing council January 20.
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Palestinian West Bank stakes and Israeli settlement dawn tensions
The report notes Israeli gains and contends Israel would hold 70 percent of the West Bank, seen by religious Israelis and settlers as Judea and Samaria. They fear Palestinian police as terrorists and cite a bypass around Jenin to avoid Palestinian towns.
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Rate of extinction rising
The United Nations unveils its first comprehensive biodiversity assessment warning of an alarming rate of species loss. More than 30,000 species are threatened and 13 to 14 million species may exist, with only 1.75 million formally identified and named. Insects dominate undocumented life in an 1,140 page report detailing gene, habitat, and ecosystem declines.
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Biodiversity Assessment Highlights Global Species Threats
The United Nations global biodiversity assessment estimates 13 to 14 million species exist with 1.75 million identified. About 5 400 animals and 26 100 plants are threatened. extinction rates run 50 to 100 times faster than prehistoric levels. Since 1600s, 484 animal and 654 plant species have gone extinct. human presence escalates losses by 50 to 100 times.
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