Germans plan oil spill test for space radar in North Sea
Environmentalists will dump over 100 gallons of crude and diesel oil off Denmark to test Endeavour space shuttle radar detection, with algae byproducts used to differentiate signals. The 10 day mission launches at 6 54 a m and observers will search for ducks and whales if present.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
North Sea
Endeavour
Denmark
University of Hamburg
Heinz Stoewer
German Space Agency
Stoewer
UN report supports women choice on birth control
The United Nations Population Fund urged universal access to modern birth control and the right to decide when to become pregnant. It said empowering women through education, health and equality slows population growth and frames the Cairo conference opening Sept. 5 with 180 country delegates.
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United Nations
United Nations Population Fund
U.N
Nafis Sadik
Fund
Cairo
Egypt
British Airways halts live sheep shipments for slaughter
Britain’s flag carrier suspended carrying live sheep destined for slaughter after public outcry and protests from customers. A spokesman said the ban covers only sheep bound for slaughter, not other live creatures, and noted not all airlines avoid such shipments. The sheep traveled from Australia to Singapore by air and were then shipped to Saudi Arabia.
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London
British Airways
Australia
Saudi Araia
Robert Ayling
Middle East
Singapore
Saudi Arabia
Custody Fight Sends NJ Children Back From Jordan
Two New Jersey children, Lisa Abequa six and Sami three, who were said to have fled with their father to Amman after Nihal Abequa's murder, flew home to the United States via Germany. Palace sources said the aunt Nesime Dokur accompanied them. An Islamic court had been expected to rule on custody, and it was unclear how they left.
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New Jersey
Palace
Lisa Abequa
Sami
United States
Germany
Nesime Dokur
Paterson
Mohammed Abequa
Nihal
Parsippany-Troy Hills
N.J
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