Afghan zoo Marjan

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A statue of Marjan, the famous one-eyed lion at the main entrance to the Kabul Zoo. He was wounded by a grenade in 1995 and died, apparently of old age, in 2002, but remains a symbol of the zoo.

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Thriving Afghan zoo’s plans to expand worry its champions

By Jay Price | McClatchy Newspapers

Despite being no larger than a U.S. high school campus, the Kabul Zoo has become one of the most popular leisure attractions in Afghanistan. Now Kabul’s mayor wants to make the zoo much larger, with more animals, more space and more crowd-pleasing species from places such as Africa. Those who helped revive the zoo say that might be a big mistake. » read more

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Hundreds injured by meteor explosion in Russia

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A meteor streaks over the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia's Ural Mountains, producing a blast that injured hundreds, caused minor damage to buildings and temporarily disrupted Internet communication, officials said.

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By Erika Bolstad | McClatchy Newspapers

Although the probability of a meteorite crashing in their backyards shouldn’t keep ordinary people up at night, scientists who study such matters are worried. » read more

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