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It’s just after 9 p.m. when the magic begins. The late-setting sun breaks through purple rain clouds to drape the rugged island of Eysturoy in a golden shimmer.

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It’s the most punishing cycling race you’ve never heard of. Stretching 15 days, the Tour of Colombia traverses the length, width and - most challengingly - the height of the mountainous landscape in this violence-wracked nation.

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It would be an arduous 2,000-foot climb up more than 3,500 metal steps anchored into a lush green cliff in Oahu’s Koolau Mountains.

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Flocks of pigeons are thronging the airport, crashing into planes and threatening public safety, the state-run China Daily newspaper said Saturday. Some are carrier pigeons raised as pets, a centuries-old Beijing tradition.

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