EPASurvey Finds Wide Acidification Of Eastern Streams
The EPA reports a broad geographic reach of acidic streams in the Middle Atlantic region with about 4.4 percent of 66 000 miles of streams acidic and half showing low neutralizing capacity. Southeast shows fewer acidified streams but half have low alkaline content. Florida has about 12 percent acidic mainly due to natural substances. Previous surveys noted Adirondack lakes and parts of New England as heavily affected.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain
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North Carolina
Chesapeake Bay
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New York
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EPA
Courtney Riordan
Office of Environmental Processes and Effects Research
Florida
New York State
Adirondack Mountains
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Palestinian public schools reopen in Jerusalem and West Bank
About 16,000 Palestinian students in Jerusalem return to 31 public schools as protests ease. West Bank public schools set to reopen Monday while private schools remain closed. Reports say clashes and general strikes across the territories accompany the reopening move. Raboy cites parental and teacher appeals, noting added daily and weekly class time to finish the year.
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U.S. weighs Panama strategy after Noriega talks
President Reagan and top advisers held a full assessment on whether to press for a negotiated exit for Panama's Gen Manuel Noriega. No immediate plans for chief negotiator Michael Kozak to return to Panama, as officials weigh continuing or halting talks. Attendees included Vice President Bush, George Shultz, Colin Powell, Edwin Meese, Frank Carlucci, William Webster, Michael Armacost, and John Negroponte.
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Manuel Antonio Noriega
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Michael Kozak
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Colin Powell
Edwin Meese
Defense
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CIA
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Michael Armacost
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Ethiopian government frees seven Haile Selassie royal women
Seven female members of the former imperial family, including the emperor’s daughter Tenagne-Work Haile-Selassie and four of her daughters, were released from prison after amnesty announced by the State Council. The women reunited with relatives at police headquarters in Addis Ababa. Three grandsons remain jailed.
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Sara Gizan
Zuriash-Work Gebere- Egziabher
Tenagne-Work Haile-Selassie
Merid Azmatch Asfa-Wossen Haile Selassie
London
Central
Sikh radicals strike in Punjab killing 15 amid temple siege
In Punjab 15 people were killed as Sikh radicals attacked across the state prompting the arrival of Assam public safety forces. The Golden Temple administration pledged cooperation and ordered officials removed from temple offices after a 10 day siege ended with 46 militants surrendering.
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India
Punjab
Golden Temple
Assam Rifles
Shiv Singh Khushipuri
Committee of Elders
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