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Sherpas Take Steep Risks for Life-Changing Pay Sherpas see climbing dangerous peaks as a path to prosperity.
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Warden Wounded in Africa's Oldest National Park Had Enemies Emmanuel de Merode, chief warden of Virunga National Park, is recovering from gunshot wounds suffered in an attack Tuesday.
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Historic Tragedy on Everest, With 12 Sherpa Dead in Avalanche The Mount Everest climbing season has begun with tragedy.
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Egypt's Population Boom Threatens Cultural Treasures Soaring population growth in Egypt threatens historical buildings, monuments, and artifacts.
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Defining the 'Waters of the United States' Greg Munson is the former General Counsel and Deputy Secretary at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is changing a key provision in the Clean Water Act (CWA) rules, with widespread impacts
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Drug Shortages Threaten US Anti-TB Efforts Shortages of essential medicines increasingly pose a challenge to healthcare in the United States, with the number of shortages nearly tripling from 2007 to 2012. The United States has been a global leader in its efforts to eliminate TB as a public health
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Chlorine: From toxic chemical to household cleaner The element that makes a familiar smell when mixed with urine
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SpaceX's Dragon 'Chases' the Space Station: See It This Weekend Skywatchers across parts of the United States and southern Canada will get an opportunity to watch as the private spaceflight company SpaceX's Dragon capsule "chases" the International Space Station across the sky. Both the unmannedDragon s
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Red lettuce and dinosaur germs head to space station SpaceX has launched its third cargo mission to the ISS, carrying gear that includes robot legs, a collapsible garden and a microbes from a dino fossil
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Keystone XL pipeline decision delayed as administration eyes elections Decision ostensibly due to Nebraska supreme court case Project likely to be significant issue in November midterms Continue reading...
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