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...Lebanon," declared Major Sa'ad Haddad, the Lebanese Christian commander. "But I recommend that if the U.N. forces do not keep the area clean of terrorists, the Israeli Defense Forces enter again to help us." That sentiment was echoed by the Israeli commander, Major General Avigdor Ben-Gal. Said he: "We did not and will not turn our backs on the people of Lebanon...
...Galápagos are fighting for their survival...
Lying astride the equator in the Pacific Ocean some 600 miles off the coast of South America, the Galápagos Islands are a fabled natural wonderland-of giant tortoises, dragonlike iguanas and birds so fearless that they ignore the approach of a human. Old Spanish explorers called them Las Islas Encantadas (the bewitched or enchanted islands). It was here, among the exotic flora and fauna of the isolated islands, notably their startlingly varied finches, that the young Charles Darwin found the key evidence for his theory of evolution. Yet these unique biological enclaves, long despoiled by pirates and passing...
...another recent Barre move: increases of up to 20% in the prices of natural gas, electricity, rail tickets and other government-supplied services. The cost of mailing a letter inside France went up from 22? to 26?, and this week premium gasoline will rise 10.7%, to $2.20 per gal. By charging more for services, Barre hopes to shrink the government's inflationary $4.3 billion budget deficit...
...round-trip economy flight from England to Athens. In Germany, where the visitor might expect to rent a small Mercedes-Benz 200 for a reasonable sum, he will find that it costs $82.60 a day, plus 30? per kilometer, plus gas, which can cost $1.75 per gal. on an autobahn. Obviously, the U.S. tourist needs to plan his trip with pfennig-pinching, shilling-saving, franc-squeezing acumen. If he does so, the wary wayfarer can still get a lot for his shrunken buck. Items...