In the oceans, the IUCN reports that five out of eight tuna species are now "threatened" or "near threatened, " while 26 recently-discovered amphibians have been added to the Red List including the "blessed poison frog" (classified as vulnerable) while the "summers' poison frog" is endangered.
Then a group of low-caste Hindus in a village near Kanchipuram threatened to convert to Islam after they were prevented from worshipping in a nearby Hindu temple.
Senator Mark Warner is supporting Virginia's 90-year-old Colonel Van Barfoot, who's a Medal of Honor recipient, whose homeowner's association near Richmond has threatened to sue him if he fails to remove the flagpole on which each morning he raises the U.S. flag.
Museum chiefs have rejected calls for a 12-month reprieve for the closure-threatened National Museum of Costume near New Abbey.
The parties reached the agreement after officials were tipped that Parker had built a cottage, fake ruins, waterfalls, staircases and a huge dance floor near iconic redwoods and a stream with threatened steelhead trout.
Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has threatened action to end a protest near the country's parliament.
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Mr Burrell told Chester Crown Court the caller also threatened to torch his flower shop near Chester.
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Darcheville threatened first of all at the near post and was denied by Malafeev before captain Barry Ferguson claimed his rebound shot in front of goal was handled by Denisov.
Near the end, supporters of the plan threatened legislative leaders with a petition that would put on the ballot a more extensive health plan, if they didn't pass the coalition proposal.
In late 2010, increasing inflation, driven by higher and volatile food prices, posed an increasing challenge to economic policymakers and threatened to push millions of the near-poor below the poverty line.
The resolution comes amid rising tension surrounding North Korea, which recently conducted a nuclear test, fired test rockets and threatened United States and South Korean ships near its territorial waters.
Both companies have long enjoyed near-monopolies in their respective industries that are now threatened by shifts in media consumption patterns enabled by the internet.
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The launches came after North Korea conducted a nuclear test on May 25 and threatened the United States and South Korean ships near its territorial waters.
North Korea conducted a nuclear test in May, fired test rockets and threatened U.S. and South Korean ships near its territorial waters.
In August, an infestation of rats in a landfill near the town of Medicine Hat, in southern Alberta, threatened that claim to fame.
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Newcastle, however, were nowhere near as convincing at the back and Fabricio Coloccini was regularly threatened with embarrassment by Gabriel Agbonlahor's raw pace.
In other incidents involving Mr Nashiri, he was allegedly threatened with an unloaded gun and had a power drill held near him which was repeatedly turned on and off.
This weekend, however, Villas-Boas looked a solitary figure as he crouched near the pitch while clad in the dark trenchcoat he reserves for storm-threatened days like this one.
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The sanctions announced Monday are likely to escalate tensions with Iran, which recently threatened to block off the Strait of Hormuz, a valuable waterway near the Persian Gulf that carries about 20% of the world's oil shipments.
For many conservationists, the near-extinction of numerous whale populations in the seventies, and their continued threatened status today, is emblematic of a much more severe problem: the wholesale harvesting, whether for human consumption or for industry, of too many living things from the sea.
The owner of a black Audi RS3 was threatened with a knife by two masked men outside the Hilton Metropole Hotel near the NEC, Birmingham, police said.
Strathclyde Police said the men threatened staff with what appeared to be a gun at Beaverbrooks, in The Fort near Easterhouse, at about 11:10.
Russia be threatened by increase in emigration at some point in the future, perhaps even in the very near future?
Rosenborg threatened to spring a surprise when Miika Koppinen turned in Marek Sapara's free-kick at the near post in the 24th minute.
Brentford rarely threatened, but City custodian Steve Phillips did well to smother Stephen Hunt's low shot at his near post on 48 minutes.
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