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October 30, 2006

Fruit in a War Zone

This is about a month old, but I hadn't seen it before. Apparently the Iraqi date industry is struggling back, despite all the ongoing problems:

For Iraqi Farmers, A Harvest of Hope (Washington Post)

Update: For those confused by its inclusion in the tags, the genus name of the date palm is in fact Phoenix. How cool is that?

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