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Pakistan’s Shakeel Abbasi, background proper, makes an unsuccessful attempt in the goal mouth against South Africa to the degree that South Africa’s Shanyl Balwanth, background second right, and Keeper Erasmus Pieterse watch on during the International Hockey Federation (FIH) World Cup 2010 field hockey match in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 6, [...]
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Male condor 318 sits on the nest after mating with female 317 at Pinnacles National Monument.
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A lonely cave on a cliff in the rugged Pinnacles National Monument is the setting for a story of two love birds who found one another despite unimaginable hardship and decided to bring [...]
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