When he isn't picking flowers in Nimla garden, a green oasis in the dry hills of eastern Afghanistan, he works in a hot, dusty parking lot in the city of Jalalabad.

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Located 55km north of Graaff-Reinet along a gravel road through the Sneeuberg (Snow Mountains), the remote village of Nieu Bethesda has a spring-fed network of irrigation channels, giving it the appearance of a green oasis.

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Faticanti said they were talking to engineers in Abu Dhabi about the possibility of creating a well to reach the underground water table in the center of the building, and using it to create a green oasis of gardens.

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The Infosys campus, on the outskirts of dust-choked Bangalore, is an oasis of manicured green lawns, swimming pools, gyms and tennis courts.

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Hundreds of acres of the storm waste are now sinking in what used to be a vast oasis of tall, green grass.

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Fueled by bubbling hot springs, the oasis is a burst of green in the midst of the desert.

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The Kulturpark, whose high walls protect a vast tranquil tract of green in the heart of the city, will be an oasis of budding creativity, with workshops for artisans and interchanging exhibitions when it opens in June.

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