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...crossing to Rio -- "fantastic," Janis recalls, offering further a sort of book-jacket blurb that would surely kill sales: "Nothing hairy about it!" Michel and his sextant navigated a course straight as the kerf from a sawmill blade. One day he told his family they would be in Rio at 1 the next morning. At midnight, they could see land. With scant instruction -- he had had a couple of lessons in 1976 -- Michel was now a credible yachtsman, and a diesel mechanic and carpenter to boot, what with all the breakdowns that never cease on a boat -- any boat...
...meantime, distress has generated disorder. Last week in Rio de Janeiro thousands of truck drivers who haul food to warehouses went on strike for higher pay, and supermarket shelves began to empty. Some truckers who tried to deliver produce got their windshields smashed as they drove through gauntlets of rock-throwing pickets. After 48 hours of disruption, the strike ended when drivers received a hefty 72% raise...
...Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: Dean Brelis Peking: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: William Stewart, Bing W. Wong Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa Melbourne: John Dunn Ottawa: Peter Stoler Caribbean: Bernard Diederich Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Managua: Laura Lopez Rio de Janeiro: Gavin Scott
...that they are fighting smugglers without the paraphernalia they need, including night-vision devices, secure radios and electronic sensors to plant in remote airfields and along footpaths used by smugglers. The Customs Service in McAllen, Texas, has only one rubber raft to patrol a 170-mile stretch of the Rio Grande. Declares Silvestre Reyes, chief Border Patrol agent for the McAllen sector: "The crooks are better equipped than...
...Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: Dean Brelis Peking: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: William Stewart, Bing W. Wong Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa Melbourne: John Dunn Ottawa: Peter Stoler Caribbean: Bernard Diederich Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Managua: Laura Lopez Rio de Janeiro: Gavin Scott