Iraq Faces Million Widows After Decades of War
In Iraq about one million women have lost husbands across wars and insurgency. Hameeda Ayed, 45, with three children, struggles to obtain monthly stipends of about 130 dollars after two years of bureaucratic delays. She and others mourn the toll of occupation and violence while groups push for reform and more funding.
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Iraq
Hameeda Ayed
Ayed
Nahdah Hameed
Iran
Saddam Hussein
Ayed’s
Jinan Mubarak
Mubarak
Saddam
Indian scientists breed long billed vulture in captivity first time
In India three long billed vulture chicks hatched in February and March in a northern breeding center, part of a program aiding three critically endangered Asian vulture species. The project, supported by Britain s RSPB and BNHS, aims to breed birds for eventual release while officials seek safer drugs to curb vulture deaths.
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India
World Conservation Union
South Asia
Britain
Royal Society For the Protection of Birds
Pinjore
Haryana
West Bengal
Assam
Grahame Madge
British Bird Society
Bombay Natural History Society
Madge
Vibhu Prakash
Wild horses rescued from slaughter in Nevada auction
Activists led by Livesavers Wild Horse Rescue bought 172 of 174 horses at a Fallon auction for 31 415 dollars with backing from Madeleine Pickens and others to prevent slaughter. The two remaining horses were bought by private buyers. The horses, stray descendants in Pilot Valley near West Wendover, faced possible slaughter for export.
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Nev
T. Boone Pickens
Nevada
Stephanie Hoefener
Lancaster
Calif
Hoefener
U.S. Bureau of Land
Nevada-Utah
Nevada Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Pilot Valley
West Wendover
Ed Foster
Jill Starr
Life
Fallon
Madeleine Pickens
Starr
Mexico
Canada
Europe
Asia
BLM
Jo Lynn Worley
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