Established in UK cities for decades and much loved for their green plumage, the Himalayan birds have been recast as an ecological threat. But is the idea of invasive species itself a problem?

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Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence which was handed down Thursday by United States District Judge D.P. Marshall, Jr.

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