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Kids smuggle food on war border
Sabar Mina holds an empty flour sack that she plans on filling with firewood. Sabar takes items back and forth between two of the most dangerous countries in the world, Afghanistan and Pakistan, for pennies per trip.
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:31:57 EST
Pakistani military kills 29 militants
Pakistani troops killed at least 29 militants in clashes and air strikes in the tribal regions along the border with Afghanistan, military officials told CNN.
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:24:20 EST
Saving orangutans before extinction in Sumatra
A loud crack echoes throughout the canopy as two young orangutans come tumbling down, grasping at branches along the way to break their fall. They recover and sheepishly scamper back up.
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:45:39 EST
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