NASA radar aboard Endeavour probes desert for ancient rivers
Cape Canaveral Fila NASA sends the most advanced radar into space to map deserts including the Sahara for traces of fossil river channels and lost civilizations. The Endeavour mission surveys 3 million square miles, scanning proto Nile tributaries and sites like Ubar while scientists aim to understand past climates and aid future policy.
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Kidnappers Take American Girl From Guatemala School Bus
A seven year old American girl was abducted Monday on a Guatemalan school bus. U S officials say the act appears unrelated to recent anti foreigner attacks. A car cut across the bus and men boarded to seize the child as police investigated.
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Chinese executive executed in embezzlement case
Shen Taifu, 39, president of Great Wall Machinery and Electronics High-Technology Industrial Group Corp., was executed for embezzlement and bribery totaling 3.25 million yuan. His wife Sun Jihong, a company vice president, received 15 years. Li Xiaoshi, vice minister of science and technology, was fired, expelled from the party, and sentenced to 20 years.
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US troops to train with Russia in first on-site drill
About 250 American troops will join Russian forces for joint summer maneuvers on Russian soil. The move, aimed at preparing for future UN peacekeeping, signals a thaw after Cold War tensions though some Russians remain wary of United States military cooperation.
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Mattox and Fisher in tight Texas Democratic primary
In Texas, voters weigh a neck-and-neck Democratic contest between Jim Mattox former state attorney general and Richard Fisher a Dallas investor and former Perot adviser to face U S Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. A Sunday poll of 713 likely voters shows Mattox 48 percent Fisher 46 with 6 undecided and a 4 point margin.
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Poverty rising among infants and toddlers, GAO finds
The General Accounting Office reports a 26 percent rise in infants and toddlers in poverty during the 1980s, from 1.8 million to 2.3 million, with 20 percent poor by 1990. Immigrant, non English speaking, and single parent households are disproportionately affected. WIC coverage is incomplete. A Carnegie study warns half of the nation's 12 million young children face risk factors threatening their future.
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Infants and Toddlers Face Poverty and Single-Parent Risk
The text highlights neglect of infants and toddlers in society. It notes that one in four infants and toddlers live in poverty and one in four are in single-parent families, underscoring the lack of nurturing, protection, guidance, stimulation, and support for the youngest children.
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