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A beautiful wedding for the Simian kind
Sep 9 2008, Jaiyant Cavale

Sometimes people have to opt for the strangest of the ways to attract people’s attention to their businesses. And if they happen to be zoo authorities trying to get more people to visit the wildlife park, they obviously will have to do something...

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Afghan people look at an Asiatic black bear at a Zoo in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct 3, 2008.

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