A war hero decorated for his bravery in the fight against Hitler is finally being honoured by his home town 55 years after his death. Paddy the pigeon was the first bird make it back to England with vital news from the D-Day Normandy landings in June 1944.

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As the rice harvest approaches, the days of Inakadate's vast and impressive rice paddy art fields are nearing their inevitable demise.

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As summer progresses, crops of rice paddy art are beginning to emerge in Japan. The crop art — created by strategically arranging and growing different colors of rice plants — can be seen in farming communities across the country. (See the beautiful fotos.)

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Long viewed as a central distribution point for drugs imported from South America, Asia and the Netherlands, Spain's Costa del Sol has become a focal point of organized crime figures from across Europe, many making the stretch of Mediterranean seafront their primary residence.

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