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Dutch Man Leads Dehydrated Swan Family to Pond (Photo)

A 63-year-old Dutch man was surprised but worried when he awoke Thursday morning to find a family of nine swans drinking from the ditch. A local draught had dried up most of the water in his yard so Jos Maas decided to do more. Believing them to be lost, he asked them to follow as he walked toward the road. Father, mother and seven chicks waddled after him.

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Dutch Company Powers Streetlights and Phones With Living Plants

In November, more than 300 LED lights were illuminated by a Dutch company that makes electricity from harnessing the power of living plants. This was the first commercial installation for Plant-e, a company that also sells mobile chargers, and rooftop electricity modules fueled by the byproduct of photosynthesis in plants.

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Dutch Man Cleans Up Entire River Bank On His Daily Commute to Work

Tired of the beautiful river view along his route to work spoiled by mounting trash, a man decided to pick up litter on his daily commute, and made a huge difference.

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Delaware Brakes For Frogs

For the sixth year in a row the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will close its roads from dusk til dawn to protect the wood frogs, spotted salamanders, and spring peepers who swarm for the river in an ancestral urge to search for mates.

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Cuba Throws Lifeline to Sea Turtles

Cuba has thrown a lifeline to the Caribbean's endangered and critically endangered marine turtles with a government resolution ending all harvesting of marine turtles. Such a resolution, ending Cuba's long standing harvest of 500 critically endangered hawksbill turtles a year, has been sought by conservationists for more than a decade. It will benefit turtles hatching […]

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Cuba to Abolish Equal Pay Caps on Workers, EU Drops Sanctions

Cuba is to end its policy of equal pay for all and allow workers and managers to earn performance bonuses -- another in a series of new reforms coming from the government of president Raul Castro.

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Cuba's Urban Farming Program a Stunning Success

"Cuba's urban farming program has been a stunning, and surprising, success. The farms, many of them on tiny plots now supply much of Cuba's produce while also providing 350,000 jobs nationwide with relatively high pay."

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Cuba Agrees To Free 52 Political Prisoners, Says Church

Cuba has promised the Roman Catholic Church it will free 52 political prisoners, slashing the number held by nearly a third in what would be the communist-led island's largest release of dissidents since Pope John Paul II visited in 1998.