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Public volunteers and navy divers gathered on Saturday under the 2009 Clean Up the World dive campaign in Aqaba to clean the area. Volunteers removed around one tonne of garbage. A huge amount of plastic was obtained through the cleaning process,.
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A dog walks down a street in central Madrid, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. A strong squad of 300 ‘garbage police’ will be patrolling the streets soon. The garbage squad will be set up in coming weeks, using people already employed by the city’s...
