Life in these remote mountains, for centuries pinched tightly between the Ottoman and Persian empires, has shaped the resilient, resistant nature of the Kurdish character.

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The park covers more than 800 square miles in the Southern Appalachian Mountains and boasts a diversity of plants and animal life, and is known for its beauty.

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"He used to say, 'I want to go somewhere in the mountains, to be all by myself, to escape from everyday life, to be alone, '" Suleimanova said.

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Central to the case against bottom-fishing is the protection of underwater mountains, known as seamounts, which are especially rich in marine life of all kinds.

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Two men, they met in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina -- each had moved there to start a new life.

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