Evidence points to early advent of man in Brazil
In Brazil's Serra Negra mountains, researchers report tools and bones in Toca da Esperanca cave suggesting hominid presence 300000 years ago, far older than prior New World dates. If confirmed, this may prove pre Neanderthal occupancy and challenge Asia-only migration theories.
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Brazil
Central
Americas
Salvador
Bahia State
Jacques Labeyrie
National Scientific Research Center
Gil-Sur-Yvette
France
New World
Asia
Labeyrie
Toca da Esperanca
Hope
Serra Negra
Rio de Janeiro
Maria Beltrao
Beltrae
United States
Africa
Europe
China
Chile
Basra Struggles Under Iranian Siege and Empty Shatt Al Arab Hotel
Basra's Shatt Al Arab Hotel sits deserted as Iran and Iraq clash along the Shatt al Arab waterway. The port city, once a 1200 year Arab trading hub, endures near daily bombardment with vast casualties and mass displacement. Local officials report half the population may have returned, though many blocks remain deserted and businesses closed as residents cling to hope for better times.
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Basra
Iraq
Daniel
Shatt al- Arab
Baghdad
Kut
Iran
Middle East
Diatribe on Higher Education Tops Best-Seller List
Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind leads non fiction as critics note it questions modern college values. Bloom, a University of Chicago political scientist, argues universities abandoned moral teaching in the 1960s and that today students lack a sense of evil and meaning.
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Lee Mitgang
New York
Bette Davis
Princess Grace
Kennedys
Heidegger
Woody Allen
Mick Jagger
University of Chicago
Allan Bloom
Rousseau
Emile
Bloom
New York Times
Simon & Schuster
Plaza
Cornell
Rolling Stones
America
Plato
Drought Raises Food Crisis Fear in Niger as Rains Fail
Niger faces worsening hardship as early June rainfall misses its normal timing. AGHRY-Met. warns drought echoes 1984 85 while uranium income may be diverted to food imports. Niger's 14 21 inch annual rainfall lags Ivory Coast 49 94 inches. past failures caused 350 000 tons hunger shortfall.
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Niamey
Niger
Iger
Lambergeon
Aghry-Met
Agricul
Ivory Coast
Gulf of Guinea
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