He only recently returned to action in recent weeks after being out for nearly a year because of a knee injury.

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And more recently, prices for long-term lumber contracts have risen in recent weeks amid expectations of increasing demand tied to housing and rebuilding from Hurricane Sandy.

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In these areas, the insurgency has recently been oscillating in ferocity: falling, for example, in Mosul and western Nineva in recent weeks, where American and Kurdish protection has been increased, only to peak elsewhere.

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