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Murphy, who endured a 15 game goal-scoring drought at the beginning of the season, cashed in again late in the final period for his first collegiate hat trick. Murphy has gone from arctic cold to Carribean warmth--in his last four games, he has seven goals...
...Blues: The loss to the Terriers also marked the longest dry spell (seven years) the Crimson has ever had in capturing a Beanpot title, surpassing the six-year drought from...
...most impoverished lands. A once beautiful country with a striking 1,500-mile - coastline, Mozambique (pop. 15 million) has fallen into the double grip of famine and civil war since winning independence from Portugal in 1975. As many as 6.5 million Mozambicans could face starvation as a result of drought and the depredations of the rebels known as the Mozambique National Resistance, or Renamo, whose support comes from right-wing sources in South Africa and the U.S. Determined to oust the Marxist-oriented Frelimo government in Maputo, Renamo has cut rail lines, sacked villages and destroyed countless schools and clinics...
With at least 6 million Ethiopians threatened with starvation for the second time in three years because of drought, Western food donations have once again begun pouring into the country. But much of this aid never reaches the hungry. Last week relief officials reported that 172 tons of food, given chiefly by Italy, were destroyed when rebels of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front attacked a 17-truck commercial convoy moving supplies to the stricken provinces of Eritrea and Tigre. The guerrillas say the vehicles were used to ferry ammunition to government troops, a charge adamantly denied by aid organizations...
...least 6 million people are threatened by starvation as another drought grips the impoverished East African nation. Thousands of peasants trek across parched landscapes in search of food -- recalling the apocalyptic images that filled television screens three years ago. -- What should be done when aid to the starving benefits those who made them starve? See WORLD...