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Not a Single Elephant Poached in 3 Years for Revamped Chad Park

Zakouma National Park in Chad, renowned for its free roaming herds of African elephants, fell victim to a frenzy of poaching between 2000-2010. But their numbers are now on the rise again. Thanks to an overhaul of anti-poaching strategy, there has not been elephant killed inside the 19,000-square-mile park for nearly three years.

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Bahrain Appoints its First Woman Judge

Women are making inroads in the government of Bahrain, a tiny Persian Gulf country that first gave women the right to vote and stand as candidates in national elections after the constitution was amended in 2002.

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Mighty Oak in Midst of Soccer Field Named Best European Tree

A towering oak tree in the middle of a grassy soccer field in Estonia was named the European Tree of the Year after 200,000 people cast their votes in February.

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Bulgarian Economy Turns From Making Guns to Growing Roses

A valley in Bulgaria's mountains, for decades known for making AK-47 rifles, now has blossomed into a supplier of organic rose oil for beauty products, reviving a centuries' old industry. Every morning at dawn hundreds of villagers hustle through fields of rose bushes to pick fresh blooms still damp with morning dew.

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Company Collects 80% of City's Recyclable Plastics and Turns It All into Lumber

More than 80% of the municipal plastic recyclables of Halifax are being processed by a brilliant local company that turns it all into lumber.

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Nova Scotia Becomes 1st Province to Ban Cat Declawing

The practice has already been banned in over 20 countries – and now, Nova Scotia has become the first Canadian province to take a stance.

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Tunisia Pilot Hailed Hero for Refusing to Fly President Ben Ali's Family

Hours before the ousted president of Tunisia fled, a pilot about to fly to Lyons from Tunisia refused to obey an order to hold the aircraft and take members of the president's family on board.

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Tunisians Forget Their Own Problems to Help Libyan Refugees (Video)

Having endured the tumult of their own revolution, Tunisians have traveled from far and wide to serve food and bring supplies to refugee camps along the Libyan border. Generosity and compassion, they say, are part of the spirit of their revolution.