"The name is park, the government is happy to call it a park, but it's not a park yet, " said Band-e-Amir resident Jaan Been.
CNN: Oasis from the ruins: Afghanistan opens first national park
Efforts to make Band-e-Amir a national park began in the 1970s but were put on hold through the decades of war that ravaged the country.
CNN: Oasis from the ruins: Afghanistan opens first national park
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is investigating a string of E. coli cases among visitors to a West Midlands park.
Cattle are to be returned to a Birmingham park associated with a string of E. coli cases after they were given a clean bill of health.
With another week or more on Kauai, spend a couple of nights camping and hiking at Koke'e State Park and Waimea Canyon State Park, then boogie up to the North Shore, mixing some camping at Anini Beach or Haena Beach with lodgings in Hanalei.
PrettyPark spreads itself via an e-mail attachment bearing the icon of a character from South Park, a popular cartoon series.
E-Town, it has the sweeping asphalt vistas of a suburban office park, around blocks of reflective-glass buildings, occupied by Nokia, Bosch, and other corporations.
In 2009, Afghanistan declared Band-e-Amir, a collection of six mineral-rich, piercingly blue lakes, a national park in hopes of protecting and promoting its landscape.
Behind a high fence a robot glides on a monorail around 20 solar panel arrays attached to steel poles, like WALL-E on a Disneyland ride. (See video below.) The robot, made by Menlo Park, Calif.
Jack Sheng, an e-commerce-company owner who bought a Nissan Leaf last year, says electric vehicles should be able to park free in all eight lots, not just the two with charging stations.
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