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...Samo is already a veteran: Last month, he was part of a crew of 10 rodents that successfully sniffed out all the mines in fields totaling 130,000 square feet around the village of Macia in southern Mozambique. But today's exercise is only a practice run. A grassy field on the edge of town has been set up to resemble a real minefield ready to be cleared. Dozens of 100-square meter (1,076 square feet) plots are demarcated by markers and strings, red perimeters signify areas of dangers, while green marks the safe zones where the handlers stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Landmine-Sniffing Rats of Mozambique | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

Died. Francisco Macia y Llusa, 74, "The Grandfather," President of Catalonia; after an appendectomy; in Barcelona. After long years of ridicule and exile, he was chiefly responsible for Catalonia's present autonomy under the Spanish Republic. When the monarchy fell, he proclaimed a Catalan Republic five hours before Madrid did a Spanish Republic, revived the ancient Catalan Cortes, language and flag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 8, 1934 | 1/8/1934 | See Source »

...education by monks or nuns, insisting on the right to use the mediating power that is his under the Constitution. An open break threatened between Zamora's adherents and the Socialist followers of bag-jowled Premier Manuel Azana. It looked like bargain day to snaggle-toothed President Francisco Macia of Catalonia. He hurried over to Madrid to swap the votes of his 40 deputies for additional home rights for Catalonia, and a loan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Excommunicated | 6/12/1933 | See Source »

...this was caused when quiet, bespectacled Premier Manuel Azana of Spain came to town to hand white-toothed "President" Francisco Macia of Catalonia a copy of the statute granting home rule to Catalonia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Reign of Reason | 10/3/1932 | See Source »

Pink with pleasure, Colonel Macia waved his hands excitedly and shouted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Reign of Reason | 10/3/1932 | See Source »

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