Word: lopping
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...testing for all time," reports TIME's Robert Kroon from the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Only India still refuses to join the agreement. The Conference is expected to conclude its work next week. China promised it would sign onto the agreement after detonating a nuclear device at its Lop Nor facility in late July. The agreement had been held up by a dispute over authorization of on-site inspections in the case of a "suspicious" event, such as seismic readings indicative of a test. Wary of espionage, China wanted to require a two-thirds vote of a 51-nation...
...testing for all time," reports TIME's Robert Kroon from the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Only India still refuses to join the agreement. The Conference is expected to conclude its work next week. China promised it would sign onto the agreement after detonating a nuclear device at its Lop Nor facility in late July. The agreement had been held up by a dispute over authorization of on-site inspections in the case of a "suspicious" event, such as seismic readings indicative of a test. Wary of espionage, China wanted to require a two-thirds vote of a 51-nation...
...underground nuclear test and pledge Monday to join an international moratorium on future tests, India remains the only real obstacle to the success of this week's Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty negotiations in Geneva. China confirmed Monday that it had completed a final, successful test at its remote Lop Nor site, but offered no details. China becomes the last of the five known nuclear powers to end live testing of nuclear devices. Reports TIME's Robert Kroon from Geneva: "China is more or less in line now with the rest of the world and theoretically, if we're lucky, this...
...underground nuclear test and pledge Monday to join an international moratorium on future tests, India remains the only real obstacle to the success of this week's Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty negotiations in Geneva. China confirmed Monday that it had completed a final, successful test at its remote Lop Nor site, but offered no details. China becomes the last of the five known nuclear powers to end live testing of nuclear devices. Reports TIME's Robert Kroon from Geneva: "China is more or less in line now with the rest of the world and theoretically, if we're lucky, this...
...fascinating collection of traditional African tales, which are bound to be new to New World kids: "One morning a toad said to a rat, 'I can do something that you can't do.' 'What?' cried the rat. 'You don't even know how to run. You just throw yourself, lop -- and then you stop and look around."' Yes, and then? Listen for fun, but learn too: leelee goro means "little girl" in the Temne language, and jambo is Swahili for "hello." And a "sloogey dog" is a Saluki in "hungry country," which is the desert -- words, as the storyteller says...