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There are no choppers to even carry leaders and VIPs on official visits after the state's lone helicopter 'Maina' crashed in a hilly region of neighbouring Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district last month.
Chhattisgarh For Chopper Surveillance In Maoist Den Abhay N 2007
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Gazelles were numerous, and many small birds in gaudy plumage flitted about the trees, amongst which the most beautiful was the _Lamprotornis superba_, a kind of Maina, called by the Somali Lhimber-load (the cowbird), because it follows after cows to feed.
What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845
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"Maina", Pathak†™ s poignant film based on a true story from the violent 10-year-old People†™ s War that saw over 14,000 people die by the hands of the security forces and the Maoist guerrillas, also casts the deposed monarch dextrously.
The Times of India 2008
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Simon Maina/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Mr. Ping, left, spoke with the President of Chad Idriss Deby, center, as Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, right, smiled on during the opening ceremony of the summit on Tuesday.
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Simon Maina/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Mr. Singh told African leaders that India will provide African nations with loans of $5 billion in credit lines over the next three years.
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Maina blogged on Pride of Kenya blog about the first images of this lion that has been - symbolically - christened Androcles:
Global Voices in English » Kenya: Lion-saving Art Takes Shape 2009
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"Zebras," said Maina, our driver, as we awaited that day's crossing of the Mara River, "are orderly."
Rush Hour on the Masai Mara Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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A quick search today of the net netted a useful open-access paper by John Maina on comparative respiratory morphology, that is, gills and lungs and what have you (Anatomical Record 261: 25, 2000 pdf).
Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009
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Whether we should stay or return to camp was eventually put to a vote, myself and Maina casting losing ballots after intense lobbying by Mr. Hamlin to stay a little bit longer.
Rush Hour on the Masai Mara Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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As I sat beside Maina in the vehicle's front seat, trying to hide from the equatorial heat, it was the second time we'd indulged the beasts that day.
Rush Hour on the Masai Mara Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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