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BAGHDAD: A pair of Siberian tigers pant incessantly beside a pond at their zoo enclosure in the scorching summer heat of the Iraqi capital. Temperatures on Monday breached 50 degrees Celsius in Baghdad for the second day in a row — making life outdoors unbearable for both humans and animals. The orange, striped felines from far-eastern Russia are more suited …

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