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Politics : Ask Michael Burke

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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (72698)1/2/2000 9:48:00 AM
From: Don Lloyd  Read Replies (1) of 132070
 
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"...Trained rats may be the best and cheapest form of landmine detector, Belgian researchers said Thursday.
Antwerp-based research group Apopo said it had taught its African Giant Pouched rats to recognize the smell of dynamite and believed the rodents were ready to start training in earnest in Tanzania..."

news.excite.com

Dateline: Tanzania 10/10/10

Researchers report that a full 24 months have passed since the last Tanzanian casualty caused by an exploding landmine.

In other news, a horde of rats is denying the Tanzanian National Guard access to its State Armory, as they have it surrounded and are staging a sit-down hunger strike.

Regards, Don
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