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Group to Start Afghan Wildlife ReservesBangkok, Thailand - A conservation group said Thursday it is launching an effort to establish wildlife reserves in Afghanistan, where environmental preservation has largely been sidelined by the government's long-running battle with the Taliban. |
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Supreme Court Takes Up What Could Be Key Ruling on Climate ChangeWashington, DC - The court agreed Monday to take up a case brought by a dozen states to require the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon dioxide released from the tailpipes of automobiles and other motor vehicles. |
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9/11 widows help Afghanistan war widowsKabul, Afghanistan - The two American women walk down a fly-infested alley where sewage from mud huts drains onto the dirt walkway. |
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Afghan Polls Close Without Much ViolenceKabul, Afghanistan - Afghans chose a legislature for the first time in decades Sunday, embracing their newly recovered democratic rights and braving threats of Taliban attacks to cast votes in schools, tents and mosques. |
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Commando Saved in AfghanistanKabul, Afghanistan - One member of a four-man Navy Seal reconnaissance team has been rescued after his group was reported missing in a mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan last week, a senior Defense Department official said Sunday. |
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Italian Held Hostage in Afghanistan FreedKabul, Afghanistan - An Italian aid worker kidnapped at gunpoint in the Afghan capital three weeks ago has been released and has telephoned her mother to say she is safe and healthy, the government said Thursday. |
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