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SHREVEPORT – LSU Shreveport herpetologist Dr. Stuart Nielsen and a pair of undergraduate students contributed to research that suggests biodiversity in Earth’s driest hot desert is much more expansive ...

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Defending his country’s military actions in an address to the General Assembly, Israel’s prime minister rejected the idea of a Palestinian state and called for the release of hostages held in Gaza.

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