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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/02/2204505.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P class="first"><SPAN class="slug">News analysis</SPAN> Global extinctions are rarer than commonly believed and the extinction debate is too narrowly focused on pin-up images of charismatic birds and mammals, an Australian zoologist says.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/02/2204505.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/0FB841AC-6650-4CF5-B236-7AB6AEFD1D2D" alt="silverback gorilla" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; 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