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Many environmentalists are worried about a further loosening of protection. They deny that wolves are a major threat to livestock, arguing that most of the reported kills are probably the work of coyotes. They also fear that even a limited hunt will disrupt the intricate social structure of wolf packs and cause unpredictable predatory behavior. More than a dozen environmental groups, including one called HOWL (for Help Our Wolves Live), say they will sue the Federal Government if it lets Minnesota declare an open season on wolves...
Last week leftist guerrillas launched a major offensive on key Salvadoran cities, including San Salvador. The attack on the capital was the most serious assault by the guerrillas since then unsuccessful attempt to disrupt the March elections...
...strongly suspected that the submarine was from a Warsaw Pact nation, most probably the Soviet Union, although Moscow scoffed at the notion, calling it a hoax designed to disrupt Scandinavian-Soviet relations. The naval base on Musk Island is Sweden's largest and most sensitive; its radar keeps constant watch over the country's eastern coastline, which faces the Soviet Union in the Baltic Sea. If the vessel were from the Soviet bloc, its probable mission was to gather as many details as possible about the base and the surrounding waters. Washington believes that in the event...
...likely to occur as long as consuming nations remain addicted to petroleum from the explosive Middle East, which has some 60% of the non-Communist world's known oil reserves and which ships 65% of the crude involved in international trade. Any type of conflict in the area could disrupt the flow of oil and plunge the world into a crisis...
...rates have created a worldwide financial crunch. Scores of nations deeply in debt are finding it difficult to meet their payments. Private banks have cut off credit to whole areas of Eastern Europe, Latin America and Africa. Some bankers and economists fear a prolonged contraction of credit that could disrupt world trade. Says Fritz Leutwiler, chairman of the Bank for International Settlements: "When all the banks get worried at once, there may be a squeeze. The [international financial] markets are extremely vulnerable...