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Sawtooth National Forest is a federally protected area that covers 2,102,461 acres (850,836 ha) in the U.S. states of Idaho (~96 percent) and Utah (~4 percent). A portion of it has been designated as the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, which includes the Sawtooth Wilderness. It is named for the Sawtooth Mountains, one of several mountain ranges in the area, and contains land cover types which include sagebrush steppe, spruce-fir forests, and alpine tundra. There are over 1,100 lakes and 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of rivers and streams. Plants and animals that are found only in the Sawtooth National Forest and adjacent lands include Christ's Indian paintbrush (pictured), Davis' springparsley, the South Hills Crossbill, and the Wood River sculpin. The area that is now Sawtooth National Forest was first occupied by people as early as 8000 BC and by the Shoshone people after 1700 AD. The first European descendants migrating from the eastern United States arrived in the area around the 1820s and founded many of the current towns around what later became the forest. Facilities are offered for various recreation activities including skiing, boating, hunting, camping, and walking. (Full article...)

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American author and civil rights activist Maya Angelou dies at the age of 86.
Petro Poroshenko (pictured) is elected President of Ukraine.
In motorsport, Ryan Hunter-Reay wins the Indianapolis 500.
In ice hockey, the World Championship concludes with Russia defeating Finland in the final.
The EU election concludes with the European People's Party group maintaining its plurality of seats in the European Parliament.
In badminton, Japan wins the Thomas Cup for the first time, while China wins the Uber Cup.

Ongoing: Ukrainian unrest – Balkan flooding
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On this day...

May 29: Ascension Day (Christianity, 2014); International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers; Democracy Day in Nigeria

1176 – Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: The Lombard League defeated the forces of the Holy Roman Empire in Legnano, Lombardy, present-day Italy.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: A mainly Loyalist force rejected the Continental Army troops' surrender at the Battle of Waxhaws and continued killing the Patriot soldiers, including men who were not resisting.
1914 – The ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland (pictured) sank in the Saint Lawrence River after colliding with the Storstad, killing 1,012 on board.
1954 – The first annual Bilderberg Group meeting of leaders from European countries and the United States took place in Oosterbeek, Netherlands.
1985 – A wall at Brussels' Heysel Stadium collapsed under the pressure of football fans escaping a riot before the European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus, killing 39 people and injuring over 600 others.

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The Gran Sabana is a savanna in southeastern Venezuela known for its varied landscape. Pictured here is a morning view of two tepuis, Kukenán and Roraima; although Roraima tepui is actually higher than Kukenan, due to perspective it appears lower.

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