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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Borneo

Borneo stories: 3 news summaries

 Indonesia Ferry 
 Sinks; Hundreds 
 Feared Dead 

Reports of survivor numbers conflict

Jan 11, 09 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Hundreds are presumed dead after a passenger ferry sank off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the Times of London reports. The 700-ton Borneo-bound ship was carrying about 260 people when it capsized today under a massive wave brought on by the local rainy season. Rescue efforts are under way, hampered... More »

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Indonesia • shipwreck • death • drowning • ferry • Borneo

OPINION

 Borneo Threatened 
 by Green Gold Rush 

New ideas on conservation needed with island's biodiversity under attack

Oct 27, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Borneo, the Texas-sized island whose rain forests are astonishingly rich in biodiversity, has been plundered for its other riches—everything from rhino horns to coal to oil—for centuries. Now, with the market for palm oil, dubbed green gold, booming, oil-palm plantations threaten the remaining forest, Mel White writes in... More »

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Indonesia • rainforest • Malaysia • biodiversity • Borneo

 At 22.3 Inches, 
 Insect Is 
 World's 
 Longest 

Just-discovered Phobaeticus chani roams the Borneo jungle, looking twiggy

Oct 17, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A stick insect called Phobaeticus chani has claimed the distinction of world's longest insect, beating out its nearest competitor by an inch, the Independent reports. Named after the amateur naturalist who brought it to scientists' attention, the bug measures 22.3 inches with its legs outstretched. A treetop rainforest dweller,... More »

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rainforest • world record • species • insects • Borneo

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