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The notion that Hitler escaped from his Berlin bunker has held conspiracy theorists in thrall since the war ended. It has now reared its improbable head once more. This weekend, it emerged that the story of Hitler’s supposed escape to Argentina has become the subject of a bitter plagiarism row. In their book, Grey Wolf: The Escape Of Adolf Hitler, British authors Gerrard Williams and Simon Dunstan argued that the Führer escaped … and did indeed see out his days in South America. However, an Argentine journalist, Abel Basti, who comes from the Patagonian town of Bariloche, where so many...

Wolf sightings in the Blue Mountains are becoming more frequent this summer, but wildlife officials for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have yet to document firm evidence of a pack forming in the southeastern corner of the state. Paul Wik, district biologist for the department at Clarkston, said the canyons and timbered ridges southeast of Dayton have been a hot spot for wolf reports this year. Some hunters have even captured images of wolves with trail cameras, he said. "It's definitely no secret they are here," Wik said. "The only question to us is what their status is."...

Officials in Idaho County want Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter to declare an ongoing disaster that will allow wolves to be shot on sight, citing attacks on livestock and wildlife. County commissioners declared a local disaster Thursday. The governor's office was aware of the county's move but had not seen it and couldn't immediately comment, said Otter spokesman Jon Hanian.

Success brings death sentence for US wolves By Oliver Poole in Los Angeles (Filed: 22/12/2002) Grey wolves, relentlessly hunted to extinction in the United States 70 years ago, have become so numerous following their reintroduction seven years ago that last week it was ruled that they can again be shot legally. More than 700 wolves are now believed to roam the Rockies Since 31 of the animals were released into Yellowstone Park in Wyoming in 1995 under an environmental programme endorsed by President Clinton, their numbers have grown rapidly as they feasted on the ready supply of elk and other...