Indonesia to return rare kangaroos to Papua forests

Indonesian kangaroo

I learn something new every day.

Did you know Indonesia had kangaroos? I sure as hell didn't.

Seventeen endangered miniature kangaroos are being returned to their native habitat in the forests of Indonesia's remote Papua province, an official from the country's forestry ministry said on Tuesday.

The tiny creatures, a rare species of kangaroo called dusky pademelons, were rescued from homes in Java island where they were kept as pets, Adi Susmianto said by telephone.

The kangaroos, which have browny grey coats and a pale belly, will undergo a period of rehabilitation before release into the Nayaro forests, a protected area just hours away from Timika town.

Damn! I blew it. I could have cat blogged the sucker.

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Magnitude 2.7 quake shakes East Bay

Come on. 2.7? That's not a "real" earthquake. That's hardly a decent after-shock. Give us real news.

You reporters are just coasting here. Indonesia was hit by a much larger earthquake [5.8 magnitude] which killed 82 people!

An earthquake with an epicenter southwest of Concord was measured at magnitude 2.7 this morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Why doesn't the MSM ask me to contribute? I'm far more capable of delivering news that these fucking hacks.

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Indonesia to resume sending H5N1 samples to WHO

Hahaha. Those sneaky Indonesians.

Just joking. This is a shrewd move on their part. Its about time countries insist they be treated equally. Jakarta had a trump card and played it.

Indonesia will resume sharing bird flu samples with the World Health Organisation (WHO), but under a new mechanism aimed at ensuring developing nations get access to vaccines, the health minister and the WHO said on Friday.

In a controversial move, Jakarta last week declared it would only share its H5N1 bird flu virus samples with parties who agreed not to use them for commercial reasons and had stopped sharing them with the WHO.

"We agree to responsible sharing practices and we're going to do it soon," Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari told reporters.

She said that a proposal would be drawn up that would be fair and guarantee access for any products resulting from the sharing of samples to other developing countries.

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