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...countries of sub-Saharan Africa owe a total of $80 billion, mostly to foreign governments and organizations like the World Bank. Because of the low prices that African nations are receiving for such key exports as coffee, tea and oil, they cannot import enough food for their drought-stricken populations, much less make payments on foreign debt...
...heat settles, ocean breezes cannot penetrate and nighttime temperatures remain high. "We're facing all of July and August," said Clyde O'Dell, a Boise-based federal meteorologist. "It doesn't look good." (Dry weather has plagued other areas of the country as well, but it has brought drought rather than fire to them. In New York last week, Governor Mario Cuomo declared eight down-state counties disaster areas...
...Harvard women’s lacrosse team entered yesterday’s game against No. 11 Boston University, the Crimson had not won a game since March 13. Within ten minutes, it appeared that the game was not to be the drought-ending victory Harvard (2-6, 0-1 Ivy) had sought, and the Terriers sent the Crimson back up the river with a 17-9 loss, its sixth...
Curtis and sophomore attack Liz Gamble contributed two more before the break, which Harvard entered down 8-5, belying a major offensive drought by the Crimson. The Bison got off 19 shots in the first half to Harvard’s nine and picked up more than twice as many draw controls...
...massive exodus from Zimbabwe is both symptom and cause of the country's decline. Beset by drought and food shortages, runaway inflation and 80% unemployment, Zimbabwe's economy is just two-thirds the size it was in 1999. The country's best and brightest - medics, accountants, teachers, engineers and other skilled workers - are leaving in droves. The U.S. State Department says that 1,200 doctors trained in Zimbabwe in the 1990s, but by 2001, only 360 remained; some 18,000 nurses departed, too. The situation is now even worse. "It's no longer just a brain drain; it's much...