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Lockdown in Indian city after gruesome sectarian killing
Lockdown in Indian city after gruesome sectarian killing
by  AFP

Hundreds of police were deployed in an Indian city on Wednesday following the murder of a Hindu tailor allegedly by two Muslim men after comments by a ruling party official about the Prophet Mohammed that have inflamed sectarian tensions.

Kenyan pilot project to put price on nature's treasure
Kenyan pilot project to put price on nature's treasure
by  AFP

The bird count gets underway -- two members of the superb starling family, a Nubian woodpecker, and so on. Under it, carbon polluters can offset their greenhouse-gas emissions by "purchasing" emissions that are reduced or saved by other members in the scheme.

Mucky business: Thai prisoners clean Bangkok sewers after pandemic delay
Mucky business: Thai prisoners clean Bangkok sewers after pandemic delay
by  AFP

Flecked with sewage, a Thai prisoner grapples with an overflowing bucket as he and his fellow inmates clean Bangkok's congested drains for the first time in two years. And for at least one of the prisoners, who had less than a year remaining to serve, cleaning the sewers helped him feel better about his past.

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