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...capital, within 24 hours, according to one observer. Any war would certainly be tougher than that, and there is no guarantee Georgia would win. The Abkhaz are determined fighters who would be defending their own homes. Help from Russian volunteers cannot be ruled out, says Abkhaz Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba. Neither, international military officials add, can covert Russian military assistance, possibly air strikes. There is, however, good reason to wonder if Abkhazia could survive the victory. A wander though Sukhumi leaves the impression that the last war took place only yesterday, not in 1993. Burned-out buildings stand unrepaired even...
...TARAS SHAMBA...
...beasts. Farmers like the Kikuyu, the Embu and the Meru regard the wild animals as dangerous and destructive nuisances. Crop-raiding baboons are esteemed among African farmers about as highly as the coyote is admired among West Texas ranchers. They are considered vermin. Elephants passing through a Kikuyu shamba (small farm) one night can wipe out a farmer's profit for a year. The law forbids killing them. If the elephants and giraffes and lions pay for themselves by bringing in the tourists and their dollars, if they prove their worth, then perhaps the governments of Africa will, before...
...crime, the village-owned dispensary and clinic combat disease, the village-owned furniture shop and tinsmithy combat unemployment. A women's cooperative sells milk and soft drinks, while profits from the village's enterprises fund a school and day-care center. Although each family has a private Shamba (plot) on which to grow its own food, its members are encouraged to work in the communal enterprises. Instead of pay, they receive 'points,' which entitle them to a share of the profits from the village's communal projects. There is no television, but on several evenings...
...fighter planes promptly set out in pursuit. From the air, the tribesmen were easy to spot in the bare sands. Machine guns chattering, the planes made pass after pass. They did not stop until every camel was dead. "Without their camels," said a French spokesman at headquarters,"the surviving Shamba. if there are any, will die of thirst in the desert...