Super rats threaten Egypt's well being in Nile Delta
In Fisha Egypt a rat invasion devastates agriculture with armies of two to four pound rats stripping grain stores and orchards 200 to 400 million rats in the delta and valley. Farmers report losses up to 80 percent as government calls a rat emergency and international firms test poisons amid health concerns.
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Egypt
Don A. Schanche
Angeles Times
Fisha
Nile Delta
Ministry of Agriculture and Foreign
Mohammed Helmi
Suez Canal
Nile Valley
Aswari
Helmi
Bilal Gaad
Saharghat
Cairo
Alexandria
Gaad
Agriculture Ministry
BAYER
Kaluobyla
Richard M. Poche
Denver Wildlife Research Center
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Hussein
Mohammed
Salem Abdel Fatah
Mustafa Sabir
Mohammed Awadi
Awadi
Pause in recruitment of women by U S military
Washington officials announce a halt in recruiting women as defense leaders reassess the role of women in the all volunteer forces. Leaders warn limits on female enlistment could risk peacetime draft and affect combat readiness amid field concerns about housing, care, and performance.
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Washington Post
Washington
Armed Services
Reagan
Carter
Volunteer Army
Lawrence Korb
Man‘power
Korb
Jeanne M. Holm
Air Force
Defense Advisory Committee
Congress
Defense
Holm
Robert ‘Lewis
Sam” Wetzel
Army
Wetzel
West Germany
Parris Island
S.C
Indians join Guatemala rebels amid state repression
In Guatemala City, diplomats and church sources say Indians, about 60 percent of the population, are joining Marxist guerrillas amid intensified government repression. Massacres in highland villages are reported to terrorize potential supporters, with a recent atrocity near Chuabajito cited. officials attribute killings to right-wing extremists beyond government control.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Best
Iguerrillas
el Salvador
Town May Move to Escape Coal Fire in Centralia
Centralia Pennsylvania faces a nonbinding referendum on relocation to escape an underground mine fire that since 1962 has eroded coal seams. Officials, studies, and mystery investors promise up to forty times property value if residents relocate, amid distrust and questions about costs and feasibility.
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Centralia
UPI
John Wondoleski
Pennsylvania
King Coal
Centralians
Conyngham Township
Office of Surface Mining
Bureau of Mines
OSM
James Nelligan
Rpa
Edward Polites
Polites
Burt Wandell
Bloomsburg
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Chuabajito
Chimaltenango Province
Rolando Archila
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Lucas Garcia
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Martin Butschi
Mar
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Siebdke Hoyt
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