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KUWAIT - Shaikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
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The Emir of Kuwait since January 2006, Shaikh Jaber has absolute power. But he rarely gets involved in the petroleum or energy sector, leaving this to Oil Minister Shaikh Ali al-Jarrah. Yet his political support for those in charge of the petroleum sector is crucial. Shaikh Sabah is a pragmatic man and a liberal.
While he was prime minister, Shaikh Sabah on June 13, 2005, appointed Ma'ssouma al-Mubarak as minister of planning and as minister of state for administrative development, making good on a long-standing promise to appoint a woman to the cabinet once women ...
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White-winged Crossbills obtain forage from river otter feces.(Short Communications)
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin
; ...Benkman 1992). Crossbills, predominantly the Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra...previous accounts of crossbill coprophagy include Red Crossbills ingesting bones from...and a young Scottish Crossbill (Loxia scotica) feeding...
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THE WILD SIDE: ; Crossbills foraging for cone seeds
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail
; ...second species of crossbill, the red crossbill, is also being seen...white-wings. Red crossbills are a bit larger...t yet seen any crossbills and if there are...four weeks. Red crossbill identification can...
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Reproductive seasonality in an opportunistic breeder, the red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra.
Magazine article from: Ecology
; ...see Wing field et al. 1992, 1993). Crossbills (genus Loxia) are north-temperate...Fowells 1965) evidently has led crossbills to evolve an opportunistic reproductive schedule. Crossbills are renowned for breeding in any month...
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National bird: Scottish crossbill
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; ...me point out the Scottish crossbill is widely thought to be Caledonia...as to whether the Scottish crossbill is a species in its own right...group of common or parrot crossbills, found in other parts of...Caledonian than that? The crossbill belongs to the lovely finch...
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White-winged Crossbills spotted in NWI
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; ...rare to spot white-winged crossbills outside of the Canadian provinces. He theorizes that when crossbills do venture south it is in...songbirds, the white-winged crossbill has a different breeding style...in the spring and summer, crossbills have been documented nesting...
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Crossbill.(nature watch)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children
; ...Peterson Institute Did You Know? Crossbills have exactly the right name...To find seeds, flocks of crossbills often fly great distances...tools for this work? Would a crossbill's beak work better? Can...might eat the seeds inside? Crossbills live mainly in Canada and...
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Sexually dimorphic body plumage in juvenile crossbills.
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin
; ...excluded. Our Red Crossbill stock originated...crossed with other crossbill taxa. The Scottish Crossbills used in this study...breeding. Our Scottish Crossbill stock has an average...of wild Scottish Crossbills (REP and R. W...
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Crossbill faces unique tests
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...and the Scottish crossbill has even been known...While the common crossbill is smaller, the RSPB...spokesman said, "Scottish crossbills are amazingly agile...Scandinavia. "The Scottish crossbill is our last hope for...frequented by Scottish crossbills, while the work to...
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The geographical good guide guide: helping you choose that vitally important; but often rather confusing, item of kit: the guidebook.(KIT NEWS)(Crossbill Guides)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Geographical
; Crossbill Guides WHAT ARE THEY LIKE? Crossbill's nature guide series are produced by the Crossbill Guides Foundation, a Europe-wide conservation organisation that aims to increase public awareness and appreciation of some of the Continents...
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Local birders attract rarities ; White-winged crossbill latest visitor.
Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune
; ...the white-winged crossbill. Crossbills, both red and white...forests. The red crossbill is much more abundant...visitors from the north - crossbills. The Darbys do have...doubt, that lured the crossbill to their feeders...
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