Topic: Pamir Mountains
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Change Agent Buried seed vault guards thousands of crop varieties
The remote, frozen Svalbard Global Seed Vault stores more than 740,000 sample of seeds that contain genetic treasures such as heat resistance, drought tolerance, or disease and pest resistance.
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Seven-star service
They found a Tajik hotel where a lofty 'rating' only signaled its aspirations.
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For China, far west is rife with terror plots
Authorities blocked an Afghan plane from landing Sunday in Xinjiang, a predominantly Uighur region. They cited a bomb threat, but none was found.
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On the road – from Germany to Cambodia – in a communist jalopy
Towed by camels and laughed at by pedestrians, the lowly Trabant is a modern-day Marco Polo for a good cause.
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