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Pigs Used in Explosives Tests in Britain

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The tests "saved many lives" in Iraq and Afghanistan due to improvements in post-traumatic techniques, junior defence minister Quentin Davies said. He said 25 pigs were used in 2006, 19 in 2007, 40 in 2008, and 35 in 2009.

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Mad about the Congo

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The rebel forces in the Congo have controlled the gorilla sector of Virunga since 2007. I am no supporter of the Iraq War. I suppose I've come to this pretty late and gorilla people already knew that this trouble was brewing. Clearly, I haven't been following this as I should have been. How far can diplomacy really go? We got Saddam.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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He started working on Birds and People in January 2007, according to the book’s web site, and the project ultimately took six years. and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines. Cocker focuses on the love-hate relationship we have with raptors. Eagles are national symbols of the U.S.,

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