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<p>A blue-fronted jewel damselfly. The global assessment of freshwater animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species evaluated the extinction risk of 23,496 freshwater species of fish, dragonflies, damselflies, crabs, crayfish and shrimp. Picture: Jens Kipping/IUCN/PA Wire</p>

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A quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction
The assessment found that crabs, crayfish and shrimps face the highest extinction risk of the groups studied, with 30% under threat, followed by 26% of freshwater fish species, and 16% of dragonflies and damselflies
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Dwyer laid to rest but questions remain

AS Tipperary man Michael Dwyer is laid to rest tomorrow, questions still remain unanswered as to why he was shot dead by Bolivian security forces almost two weeks ago.

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Peru TV broadcasts images of public lynching

Peru’s state-run television station broadcast images today of villagers in the country’s remote Lake Titicaca region dousing an accused thief with petrol and setting him alight.

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