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India welcomes back cheetahs, 70 years after local extinction
India welcomes back cheetahs, 70 years after local extinction
by  AFP

Eight Namibian cheetahs arrived in India Saturday, decades after their local extinction, in an ambitious project to reintroduce the spotted big cats that has divided experts on its prospects. Cheetahs became extinct in India primarily because of habitat loss and hunting for their distinctive spotted coats.

Fiji PM 'disturbed' by son's Australian assault trial
Fiji PM 'disturbed' by son's Australian assault trial
by  AFP

Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama expressed concern Saturday that his son faces multiple domestic violence charges in Australia. "My son is not a member of the Fijian government and this is not a political or diplomatic matter," the Fijian prime minister said in a statement, but added that he and his wife were "deeply concerned and disturbed about the charges".

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