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Syria war prompts "doomsday" seed vault withdrawal

Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed during the four-year civil war in Syria, and millions are displaced. Rare Syrian antiquities have also been destroyed by ISIS. However, the survival of seeds have been safeguarded. A "doomsday" vault in Norway is helping keep crops alive for the Middle East. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
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