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Life in rural Afghanistan, 25 years after 9/11

Most of the fighting during the nearly 20-year war between the U.S. and the Taliban that followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks was in rural Afghanistan. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab traveled to those provinces to see what life is like there now.

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France: Sabotage suspected in train derailment

Dozens were injured when a train derailed between Rouen and Caen in Normandy, northwest France, on Friday evening. Police believe the accident may have been deliberately caused, local media say.

Friday Squid Blogging: Rotting Squid on a Beached California Boat

Smells awful : But an estimated 30 to 50 tons of dead squid remain inside the boat’s catch tank, where they have been decomposing for days. “That is nasty.

  • 30 to 50 tons of dead squid decomposing on beached California boat
  • Foul odor from decomposing squid keeps beach closed to public
  • Commercial fisherman compares decomposed squid to gooey, concrete-like mass

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