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Foreign government tourist offices
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Egypt, Belize, Swiss Confederation
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Las Vegas, lighted by stars
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe waiter sets a clear glass cup on a gold-leaf saucer in front of me. Inside is a cool white cream, its surface smooth as glass and decorated with a circle of precise green dots the size of pinpricks. It looks mysterious and inviting. I dip in my...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Paris (France), Breads, Asparagus, Caviar
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Nano-morals
Today, Salvi and Kimbrell ponder nanotechnology's broader implications for society. Previously, they defined the scope of nanotechnology, discussed its potential drawbacks, predicted its future and weighed government oversight of research and business....Tags: Technology, Politics, Ecosystems, Cancer, Science and Technology
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D. Carleton Gajdusek dies at 85; Nobel Prize winner identified exotic disease, was unrepentant pedophile
Dr. D. Carleton Gajdusek, the brilliant yet deeply flawed pediatrician, virologist and anthropologist who won the 1976 Nobel Prize in medicine for his identification and description of kuru, the exotic disease of a remote tribe in New Guinea that was...Tags: Defense, Animals, Nobel Prize Awards, Brain, Immune System
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A drug's worrisome detour
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersA landmark shift in trafficking routes has transformed West Africa into a hub for cocaine smuggled from South America to a booming European market, anti-drug officials on three continents say. Traffickers have established a haven and transit area along...Tags: Crimes, Criminals, Vehicles, Europe, Hugo Chavez
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Official foreign tourist offices
Here is a list of selected government tourist offices. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234; dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. delegation. Anguilla: Anguilla Tourist Board, (800) 553-...Tags: Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Egypt, Belize, Swiss Confederation
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Hunting humans?
In 1991, a young bicycle racer disappeared while on a training run behind his high school in the Rocky Mountain foothills near Denver.
Three years earlier, wildlife biologist Michael Sanders had attended a national conference in Prescott, Ariz.,...Tags: Animals, Hunting, Scalp, Nature, Cat (animal)
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Eats shoots, leaves
Times Staff WriterI was checking out at the grocery store the other day when the clerk asked whether I wanted the green tops removed from my carrots. I started to reflexively answer "yes," as I always have except for that brief period I was in charge of feeding my...Tags: Beets, Parsley, Sage, Potatoes, Turnips
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Oil Boom Enriches African Ruler
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON -- As vast offshore oil fields generate hundreds of millions of dollars for tiny Equatorial Guinea, there are few signs of the petroleum boom in the impoverished West African nation. Most of the population lives on about a dollar a day, and...Tags: Economic Organization, Equatorial Guinea, Witnesses, Prisoners and Detainees, Financial and Business Services
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Foreign government tour offices
For tourist information on select foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the country's U.N. mission or delegation. Anguilla: Anguilla Tourist...Tags: Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Egypt, Belize, Swiss Confederation
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Foreign Government Tourist Offices
Here is a list of selected government tourist offices. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234; dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. delegation. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD The...Tags: Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Egypt, Belize, Swiss Confederation
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From the archives: Hezbollah Seen Setting Up Terror Network in Africa
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON -- In a secret campaign to spread its influence beyond Lebanon and Iran, the Shiite extremist group Hezbollah has established a network of operatives in West and Central Africa, an area that may be providing new bases for terrorist acts against...Tags: Defense, Politics, Air and Space Accidents, Crimes, Interior Policy
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