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Australia s koala bear population may not be extinct, but they are in serious trouble mdash; and climate change is not the only reason. The Australian Koala Foundation announced this year that koala numbers in many places are in steep decline with no more than 80,000 koalas left in the country.While fires tearing across eastern Australia have been hurting hundreds of koalas and destroying their habitat, wild dogs and chlamydia are also factors contributing to the species decline, according to biologist and wildlife conservationist Jeff Corwin.It is es yeezy timated that thousands of koalas die each year in Australia alone as a result of dog attacks, chanclas yeezy making it the third most common cause of death after habitat clearing and ve samba shoes hicle strikes, according to the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection.Another leading killer of Australia s endearing koalas is chlamydia mdash; a sexually-transmitted debilitating bacterial infection that is wiping these animals out, according to Corwin.The disease is exacerbated by the stress that koalas feel from habitat. They also don t respond well to the antibiotic treatments mdash; which are the same as chlamydia-infected humans mdash; often leading them to lose weight and die. A 4-year-old koala seen in Sydney, Australia, on July 3, 2018. Getty But as bushfires are becoming more common and cause large areas of their cr Bcws Catholic Church Lashes Out at Gay Priests
DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria s authoritarian regime held a referendum on a new constitution Sunday, a gesture by embattled President Bashar Assad to placate those seeking his ouster. But the opposition deemed it an empty gesture and the West immediately dismissed the vote as a sham. Even as some cast ballots for what the government has tried to portray as reform, the military kept up shelling of the opposition stronghold of Homs, which has been under att stanley flask ack for more than three weeks after rebels took control of some neighborhoods there. Activists and residents report that hund stanley polska reds have been killed in Homs in the past few weeks, including two Western journalists.The Red Cross spokesman said the humanit water bottle stanley arian group had been unable to enter the besieged Homs neighborhood of Baba Amr since Friday, describing the humanitarian needs there as very urgent. Activist groups said at least 29 people were killed on Sunday, mostly in Homs. At least 89 were reported killed on Saturday alone, one day before the referendum. Activists estimate close to 7,500 people have been killed in the 11 months since the Assad regime s brutal crackdown on dissent began.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Sunday s vote a cynical ploy. It s a phony referendum, and it is going to be used by Assad to justify what he s doing to other Syrian citizens, she said in an interview with CBS News in Rabat, Morocco.Syrians vote on new constitutionSpeaking to reporters in Rabat, Clinton called on Syri
Glkh Richardson: Don t Believe North s Hype
French actor Gaspard Ulliel, known for appearing in Chanel perfume ads as well as film and television roles, died Wednesday after a skiing accident in the Alps, according to his agent s office. He was 37.Ulliel portrayed the young Hanni adidas originals damen bal Lecter in 2007 s Hannibal Rising and fashion mogul Yves Saint Laurent in the 2014 biopic Saint Laurent. He also stars in the upcoming Marvel series Moon Knight, and was the advertising face of the Chanel men s fragrance Bleu de Chanel.BBC News reportsthe news of Ulliel s death came just two days after the trailer for Moon Knight was released online. Ulliel plays the character of Midnight Man in the series, which also stars Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke. Gaspard Ulliel attends the final day of the 17th Marrakech International Film F adidas samba estival, in Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. Mosa ab dunks shoes Elshamy / AP Ulliel was hospitalized Tuesday after the accident in the Savoie region s Rosiere ski area, the Savoie prosecutor s office said. The office of the actor s agent said Ulliel died on Wednesday. It provided no details.Local broadcaster France Bleu said Ulliel was hospitalized with a skull injury, and that he apparently collided with another skier at a crossing point on the slopes. The other skier was not hospitalized, according to France Bleu. Police and prosecutors would not discuss details of the accident.Ulliel started in televi Przq Cardinal convicted of sexual abuse to spend first night in prison
DHAKA, Bangladesh A fire fed by huge piles of acrylic products used to make sweaters killed eight people at a Bangladesh garment factory, barely two weeks after a collapse at another garment factory building where the death toll was approaching 1,000 on Thursday.The dead in Wednesday night s fire included a ruling-party politician and a top official in the country s powerful clothing manufacturers trade group. But unlike the collapse at the Rana Plaza building, which was blamed on shoddy construction and disregard for safety regulations, the Tung Hai Sweater factory appeared to have conformed to building codes. A top fire official said the deaths were caused by panic and bad luck. They are really unfortunate, said Mamun Mahmud, deputy director of the fire service.The fire engulfed the lower floors of the 11-story factory, which had closed for the day. The smoldering acrylic products produced immense amounts of smo stanley cup ke and poison gas that killed those trying to flee, Mahmud said. The victims died of stanley cup suffocation as they ran down the stairs stanley tumbler , Mahmud said.The building appeared on first inspection to have been properly built, though fire inspectors would conduct further checks, he said. It had two stairwells in the front and an emergency exit in the back, he said. Those inside probably panicked when they saw smoke and ran into one of the front stairwells, he said. Had they used the emergency stairwell, they would have survived, he said.Survivors compensated as Bangladesh death toll
