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    Human Behavior and the Rest of the Natural World

    The latest Red List shows that mammals, amphibians, birds and plants are disappearing faster than ever because of human activities. Also, thousands of GM workers walk off their jobs, and the President of Iran and free speech in America.

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    By Warren Olney • Sep 24, 2007 • 1h 0m Listen

    The latest Red List shows that mammals, amphibians, birds and plants are disappearing faster than ever—because of human activities. Should we care that other species are becoming extinct? What’s their economic value? What to they have to do with human survival? Also, thousands of GM workers walked off their jobs today and, on Reporter's Notebook, Iran's Ahmadinejad has arrived in New York and he's testing the limits of America's free speech tradition.


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