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...when researchers from the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro, Tanzania, began training rats - known for their keen sense of smell - for the job, the Mozambicans were willing to give it a try. "Rats are intelligent, and they like to learn new things," says Jared Mkumbo, a Tanzanian who supervises the training of the rats and their handlers. "You can train them to do exactly what you want them to do." The project, run by an organization called Apopo, which is funded by the Flemish government in Belgium, is proving so effective that a new batch of mine-sniffing rats...

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

...Sultan of the Walaguru of Morogoro. Tanganyika, will talk on "The Role of Women in East Africa" at 7 p.m. in Cabot Hall tonight, and on "Tanganyika Today" at 6:45 p.m. in Quincy House tomorrow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tanganyikan Sultan to Speak | 4/25/1963 | See Source »

...their way overseas. So, too, must students from Tanganyika, third major country comprising British East Africa (pop. 21 million), an area one-fifth as big as the fifty United States. Due soon: a full-fledged University of East Africa, combining Makerere, the Royal College and a new branch at Morogoro, Tanganyika. But the merger may take five years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Schooling in Africa | 1/11/1960 | See Source »

...Simnel, no Fairy Prince. In front was Owen Tudor, a belittled 25-to-1 shot, owned by Mrs. Macdonald-Buchanan. Coming from behind, the bay son of the great Hyperion (1933 Derby winner) had zoomed past the field like a Spitfire, finished a length and a half ahead of Morogoro, owned by the Maharani Saheb of Kolhapur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Spitfire Derby | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

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