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30 The percentage of species on this planet that will vanish if the earth's temperatures continue to rise 20 above the average temperature of the 1980s and '90s. This is according to a new study by the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, whose spokesperson, Martin Perry told journalists "for the first time we are not just arm-waving with models".
20 The number of complaints RTE received after Afternoon Show star Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh made controversial comments on the death of Pope John Paul II. In a media interview, Ni Chofaigh described the pope's death as the longest in her life in professional terms. "He was dying every day, " she said. "I had to work out what I was wearing and how I was going to break the newsf I felt like I was dying with the f***ing pope."
126 The number of women mur-0 attended a vigil in Dundalk, home of 43-year-old Irene White who was murdered in 2005 and whose killer has never been charged.
2 The number of Indian elephants who had to be rescued from bogland in Co Cork during the week.
'Operation Jumbo' involved a JCB and 20 men after the elephants, Mia and Nander, from the nearby Royal Russian Circus went for an afternoon stroll and fell into a 10ft-deep drain in Youghal.
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