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U.S. lists polar bear as 'threatened' species

The U.S. government will list polar bears as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said today. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey predict that two thirds of the world's polar bears will disappear in the next 50 years because of declines in Arctic sea ic