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The Nauru reed warbler (Acrocephalus rehsei) is the only passerine land-bird that breeds on the island of Nauru in the Pacific Ocean. It is related to other Micronesian reed warblers, all of which evolved from one of several radiations of the genus across the Pacific. Related warblers on nearby islands include the Carolinian reed warbler, with which the Nauru species was initially confused, and the nightingale reed warbler. A medium-sized warbler, the Nauru reed warbler has dark brown upperparts, cream underparts and a long, thin beak. It makes a low, cup-shaped nest into which it lays two or three white eggs, and it feeds on insects. It is found throughout Nauru, whose environment has changed substantially in recent decades due to phosphate mining. The Nauru reed warbler is potentially threatened by introduced predators and habitat loss, and its small range leaves the species vulnerable to diseases and tropical cyclones. Reports of a similar warbler from nearby islands suggest that the Nauru reed warbler may have been eradicated from those islands by introduced cats. (Full article...)

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Germanwings Flight 9525 (aircraft pictured) crashes in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.
Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, dies at the age of 91.
President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi declares Aden to be the temporary capital of Yemen, amid the aftermath of a coup d'état.
A solar eclipse is visible across much of Europe, with totality over the Faroe Islands and Svalbard.
Suicide bombings at two mosques in Sana'a, Yemen, kill 142 people, including 13 children.
The ruling party Likud, led by incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a plurality in the Israeli Knesset.
Gunmen kill 21 people during an attack at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis.

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March 25: Feast of the Annunciation (Christianity); Independence Day in Greece (1821)

1655 – Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, the largest natural satellite of the planet Saturn.
1802 – France and the United Kingdom signed the Treaty of Amiens, temporarily ending the hostilities between the two during the French Revolutionary Wars.
1917 – Following the overthrow of the Russian tsar Nicholas II, Georgia's bishops unilaterally restored the autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
1975 – King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (pictured) was shot and killed by his nephew Faisal bin Musaid.
1995 – American computer programmer Ward Cunningham established the first wiki site, the WikiWikiWeb.

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Dorsal view of Papilio demoleus, a species of swallowtail butterfly commonly found on citrus species. First described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, this highly adaptable species is found throughout the world. P. demoleus is considered a pest owing to its habit of feeding on cultivated citrus species; caterpillars can completely defoliate young citrus trees (shorter than 2 feet (60 cm)) and devastate citrus nurseries.

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