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Though recruitment rates have risen from 600 to 2,000 a month, re-enlistment is still a problem. Only half the soldiers renew their contracts once their three-year tours are up. Many Afghans say their $100 monthly salaries are less than what they can make growing poppies or smuggling...
Besides helping with the relief efforts, the Interior Ministry dispatched police officers to Ica to stop thieves from looting damaged homes and stores. Some 600 inmates at the Tambo de Mora prison in Ica's Chincha province escaped when the earthquake tumbled the penitentiary walls. The National Police announced that...
Resurrecting a Dead Language Lisa Takeuchi Cullen wants a return to the Latin Mass because she is unhappy with Roman Catholic teachings and would like to escape back to a time when those in the pew had no clue [Aug. 6]. The allure of Mass is not in language but...
Adan managed to escape from the conflagration unscathed but two of her children were killed under the falling debris. (She also lost 100 kilos of food and 11 of her goats). Her house was among several in the neighborhood consumed by the ensuing fire. "It was very troubling. I was...
Although the floods have affected more people than have suffered in many previous years, the death toll of 700 remains comparatively low - in 1998, 4,185 died; last year 2,704. were killed. Relief experts attribute this year's lower toll to improved planning and communications that allowed most people...