Native claims
The Australian government grants two Aboriginal claims
Alaska melting
Global warming threatens the beautiful glacier
Signing up
Finally, India decides to sign the patents treaty
Falling count
Dwindling birth rates have become a cause for alarm in Europe
Banning the pill
A dangerous birth control pill will soon be banned in India
The quest for water
...takes NASA to the moon
Blazing away
Bushfires continue to rage in Australia, leaving a trail of destruction
Fossil find
Scientists find the oldest life form in Indian geological history
Self-help is best help
A British woman applies to patent herself
Two hoots for USA
The US "punishes" the UN for being voted out of two UN bodies
Counting tigers
The tiger census kicks off a row
Russia on Kyoto
Vaccine launched
Rain plays truant in Italy too