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...pipeline that ran next to Vila SocÓ. Investigators contend that Petrobrás failed to monitor a pressure buildup on the line and stop the leak. At the time of the explosion, shortly after midnight, gasoline had spread throughout many ditches of the shantytown, creating a liquid bomb that awaited only ignition. Petrobrás admitted human error in the accident and has agreed to pay hospital costs and damages for the survivors...
This week at the photo industry's annual trade show in Las Vegas, Canon will promote its two most automatic cameras ever. The T70, priced at $450, features three computer programs that adjust the camera for particular situations ranging from fast movement to long vistas. A liquid-crystal display on top of the T70 can tell the photographer 152 different pieces of information about the camera, including the shutter speed being used and the amount of film left. The shirt pocket-size MC, $280, focuses itself, automatically advances the film and rewinds it at the end of a roll...
Many of the projects, such as developing liquid crystals, solar cells and adhesives, are expected to have widespread practical values...
...seven floors, destroying tons of documents and causing some $640 million in damage. Even as it was being brought under control, several smaller fires broke out in other parts of the building. Those blazes were contained, and there were no injuries. After determining that large quantities of a flammable liquid had been splashed on walls throughout the building and finding several unused crude paper torches, investigators quickly blamed the fires on arsonists. UNESCO Director-General Amadou Mahtar M'Bow of Senegal called for a full investigation of what he termed "a criminal act." Said he: "I am asking everyone...
...worship. To prevent such a problem, Dallas Inventor George Shrime has applied science to religion and designed an electronic prayer guide. It points the way toward Mecca from any of 200 locations, beeps at worship time and displays the opening verses of the call to prayer on a liquid-crystal screen...