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Afghan women once worked in this popular national park. Now they’re not even allowed to visit

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — Afghanistan’s Band-e-Amir National Park was known for having employed the country’s first-ever female park rangers. Now, women won’t even be allowed to visit, let alone work there, as the Taliban deepens its repressive rule over the country. Afghanistan’s Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, Mohammad

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About 2,000 items were taken from British Museum and their recovery is underway, chair says

By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — The British Museum has begun recovering some items that were taken from the prestigious institution and sold online, museum chair George Osborne said on Saturday. Osborne’s comments follow revelations that the museum failed to properly heed warnings that items purportedly from its collection had been appearing for sale online.

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The last photos of John Franklin’s doomed polar expedition party sell for over $545,000

By Issy Ronald, CNN London, UK (CNN) — Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition to the Arctic captivated the Victorian public with its mysterious disappearance, fruitless rescue missions and gory tales of cannibalism. On Thursday, a set of photographs depicting Franklin and his fellow senior officers taken in May 1845, just three days before they set

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Michigan man banned from Yellowstone National Park and facing federal charges after traveling off-trail in a thermal area while under influence

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A Yellowstone National Park visitor who was allegedly under the influence as he traveled off-trail in one of the park’s thermal areas has been banned from the park as he faces federal criminal charges in the incident, prosecutors announced. Jason Wicks, a 49-year-old resident of Hillman, Michigan, was arraigned

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