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An estimated 4,500 lions remain in Zambia, while the leopard population is unknown.

All you need to know about Wednesday night's 2012 Miss Universe pageant, including where to watch, live streams and the beautiful contestants from all over the world.

From New York City to the wilds of Africa, these live stream web cams will keep viewers in touch with all corners of the globe as they track what many predict will be the end of the world on 12/12/12, which is the end of the Mayan calendar.

Just one day after announcing the iPhone 5 in 54 new countries, Apple released the iTunes Store in 56 countries around the world on Tuesday, including Russia, India and South Africa.

Uganda was once Africa's greatest success story in the fight against HIV/AIDS, but a recent rise in infections calls for a new plan.

Lofty goals have been set by the World Health Organization for World AIDS Day 2012 to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS on Dec. 1.

Officials in Botswana have announced a 2014 ban on big-game hunting in an effort to preserve wildlife species.

In Botswana, diamonds have been key to the country’s successful economy -- proof that a valuable resource is only as good as the entities that handle it.

A photographer in Africa captured a sequence of photos in the wild of a lioness attacking a crocodile to protect herself.

In Namibia, finding an aquifer is akin to striking gold.

Spain's royal family have agreed to take a pay cut amid growing outrage over cuts to public sector wages and with the country mired in a deep recession.

African governments -- and international animal-rights organizations -- contend the Chinese luxury consumer's appetite for ivory is driving a new wave of illegal killing of one of their continent's most iconic animals.

Juan Carlos I, the king of Spain, issued a public apology on Wednesday in response to widespread criticism of his ill-timed elephant-hunting vacation in Botswana. Is the once-revered Spanish monarch is likely to step down?

King Juan Carlos of Spain issued an unprecedented apology for going on safari while Spain's economy struggles

Some politicians have called more increased transparency in the royal family’s accounts and expenditures.

Mainland China and 21 other countries will finally launch sales for Apple's most advanced smartphone, the iPhone 4S, on Friday, Jan. 13. The phone will be available in black and white and will sell at the same prices as in the U.S.

Apple fans in China mainland and other 21 countries are going to be crazy after hearing this - iPhone 4S, Apple's hottest handset so far, will reach their shores on Friday, Jan. 13, ending various speculations about local launch dates, that lasted for several months.

A record number of large scale ivory seizures will be recorded globally in 2011, pointing to a surge in elephant poaching in Africa to meet Asian demand for tusks for use in jewelry and ornaments, a monitoring group said Thursday.

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will look into a mysterious space ball, which dropped onto an African village in Namibia in mid-November. The hollow ball is reportedly made of a metal alloy known to man.

Julius Malema elected to high-ranking ANC position despite his troubled political status.

Nigeria's bourse is to list its first exchange traded fund (ETF) on Monday, a South African gold-backed fund that will broaden the exchange's range of products beyond equities and bonds, the stock exchange said on Friday.