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N.Y./Region: In the Ring

07/06/10-(MET)--Christina Cruz's quest to compete in the Olympics as a boxer. She trains here at the Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn.

Photo by: Beatrice de Gea for The New York Times

World: One Battalion’s Wrenching Deployment to Afghanistan

KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN- (NAT) - A quick reaction force team patrolled the plateau near FOB Kunduz after the base came under attack from rocket fire. For an ongoing project on the year-long deployment of the Army's 10th Mountan Divison, 1-87 batallion to Kunduz, Afghanistan.

Photo by: Damon Winter/The New York Times

World: Inside the Kabul Women’s Garden

Karima Salik has managed the Kabul Women's Garden for the past three years. The garden offers an oasis of freedom for Afghan women.

Credit: Christoph Bangert for The New York Times

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World: Bringing Cinema to Haitian Tent Camps

Earthquake-themed soap operas entertain and inform tent city residents in Haiti. "They don't know what's going on. They don't know how long they're there for."

Credit: James Estrin/The New York Times

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Science: Amish Farming Draws Rare Government Scrutiny

LANCASTER, PA-Amish farmers in the Lancaster area are receiving grants from the federal government to improve environmental standards on their land. Matthew Stoltzfus is among the farmers who is working with Red Barn and the EPA to improve water runoff on his farm.

Photo by Todd Heisler/The New York Times