A lot of national parks have ‘friends’ groups, about 160 ... Yet Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a major national park unit that did not have a friends group. 
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Supporters of Pakistani Islamist party celebrate President Pervez Musharraf's resignation in Multan August 19, 2008. Leaders of Pakistan's coalition government set about tackling pressing economic and security problems on Tuesday as a bomb at a hospital in a northwestern town killed 20 people. Coalition leaders were also due to discuss a replacement for Musharraf, the former army chief and key ally of the United States in its campaign against terrorism, who resigned as president on Monday to avoid impeachment.
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Pakistani citizens congratulate each others after the announcement of President Pervez Musharraf's resignation in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 87, 2008. Musharraf said he was handing in his resignation to avoid an impeachment battle that would harm the nation's interests.
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