Blind man and armless friend plant 12000 trees on Ye riverbank
In Yeli Village Hebei province two disabled gardeners Jia Wenqi who has no arms and Jia Haixia who is blind tend a barren riverbank. For 13 years they plant water and prune cedar saplings across a canal to improve air quality. Their effort earned local support and stands as a testament to perseverance and environmental awakening.
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Pakistan asks for drone strike apologies beyond Western victims
In Islamabad readers report frustration at a double standard as Washington apologized for a U S drone strike that killed an American and Italian hostage in Pakistan while survivors and families of local victims seek similar acknowledgment and compensation. Kaleem ur Rehman recalls his grandmother and nine relatives wounded in a suspected October 24 2012 strike in North Waziristan along the Afghan border.
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