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Show AG Airborne Health Hazard Masses ofbacteria and fungi, some capable of causing disease and respiratory’ probJems, are wafting on cloudsofdust from northern Africa that blow westward for . thousands ofmiles, accordingto the latest issue of the journal Aerobiologia. The annual eventis also contributing to a reddish haze over muchofthe southeastern United States. Scientists with the US. Geological Survey and NASA have identified the potentially dangerous microorganismsthat are borne on the winds of massive Saharan dust storms and eventually land in the Westem Atlantic. The seasonal African storms, which peak in July, transport millions of tons of fine-grained dust acrossthe Atlantic each yearon easterly trade winds, most of which fall on Florida amr Earthquakes w Three strong earthquakes jolted southeastern Taiwan within an hour, disrupting power supplies and triggering. landslides. The island has been rocked by a series of strong tremors this month. + Earth movements were alsofelt in northwest and southern India, southern Kyrgystan, the California-Mexico border region and south-central Alaska. MIAMI — Thearrest of a Trinidadian man by federal agents has uncovered a possible plot to overthrowthe gov- ernment of Trinidad and Tobago using weapons purchased in south Florida, according to U.S. authorities and Trinidadian officials. Keith Andre Glaude was arrested in a sting operation three weeks ago in Broward Countyafter he allegedly tried 1 Kosovo. Western beachhave de- Deadly Midwest Twister x= A tomadothat hit the Wisconsin city of Siren killed three people and was said to have hurled full-grown cowsinto the air. The city's disabled tornado warming sirens were unable to sound the alarm prior to the tomado, which leveled buildings and left only two structures in the downtown area untouched. Police whohad been notified ofthe impending disaster drove through the streets honking their horns and shouting wamings to residents: Sino Drought Authorities in northern China drastically reduced domestic water rations in a desperate etfort to cope with the worst drought to hit the country in decades, Water supplies to bath houses, saunas and car washes were cut entirely. In the city of Tianjin, tothe southeast of Beijing, officials said that domestic water supplies will be exhausted A small canal that was constructed last for use by a militant Muslim group’ in Trinidad, leading agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearmsto believe he was part of a potential plot to provoke an insurrection. “These are not hunting-type rifles,” said Eduardo Halley, a spokesman for the ATF. “These are not weapons you buy for sport.” Glaude’s case “is a matter of national security,” said Hylton Guy, the islands’ police to buy high-powered weapons * commissioner. River to Tianjin has proven ineffective in solving the acute shortages. An offi- cial at the city’s Water Conservation Office said, “To tell the truth, we don’t know what to do after what's s left in our poor reservoirs is used up.” Virus Alert Health officials in Southern & California announced that a form ofthe deadly hantavirus had been found in deer mice near homes and industrial areas in San Diego and Orange counties. The first U.S. cases of the virus, which causes hanta pulmonary syndrome,were identified in 1993in the Four Comers area ofthe Southwest and killed nearly three dozen people. Symptoms of the virus, which is transmitted to humansby exposure to rodent urine, droppingsand saliva, appear one to five weeks after contact. Once the symptoms offever, shortnessof breath and coughing develop, the disease progresses rapidly. Vic pitalization,us use of a ventilator within 24 hours: Thecase evolved over a year of -cat-and-mouse maneuvers between Glaude and his. contacts in Trinidad, on the one hand, and an ATF agent in south Florida. It culminated three weeks ago in a sting op- eration as Glaude was aboutto drive off with 70 submachine guns and 10 silencers in the backofhis van. Glaude is being held in Miami’s federal detention center. On June 29, he will be arraigned on two charges of trying to buy unregistered weapons, a violation of federal gun bey a be sent to the U.N.war crimes tribunal for trial, two years after he was indicted for crimes against humanity in Plagues Ss devoured crops. acrss 10 provinces of China as well as Hoards of locusts have parts of southern Russia stretchingfrom Dagestan to Kalmykia and Stavropol ‘Territory. The invasion is the worst to hit China in years, and up to 10,000 locusts per square yard have been counted in some places, * More than million acres of crops in Utah have been lost in the worst cricket infestation the state has experienced since the early 1940s. The massive invasion of crickets coincided with the arrival of six different species of gi s that have devoured an additional 600,000 acres of vegetation across 24 other counties. * Swarmsofvoracious grasshoppers are descending from the hills of California into the state’s lush valleys. Farmers and homeowners in manyareas are reporting damagetotheir plants. The Los Angeles Times Syndi E-mail (©2001 Earth Environment Service Florida Arrest Suggests Trinidad Coup Plot, Officials Say KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSSERVICE Milosevic Extradition 8 only a couple dozen die-hard Tropical Storms It is now believed that the 10day odyssey of tropical storm Allison produced enough rainfall to supply the water needs of the entire United States for a full year, and triggered more rainfall than any other tropical feature in U.S. weather records. Thestorm killed at least 44 people from Texasto Pennsylvania, and may have caused $5 billionin damage. * Tropical storm Chebi formed from an area of disturbed weather east of the Philippines and was predicted to skirt the southern tip of Taiwanlate in the week. + Tropical storm Barbara developed over the open waters midway between Baja California and Hawaii Yugoslav Leaders OK [eal TheSalt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD Sunday, June 24, 2001 1 yeu i ¢ Tax Deduction ™""" We Do Paperwork* BunningorNot" Free laws. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Glaude, whois expected to plead innocent, couldgo to trial in August. Thepetrochemical industry has’ spurred tremendous growth, making Trinidadians among the wealthiestresidents of the Caribbean. During the past few years, however, the twin-island country has been experiencing some tension between the main two groups that share the country, descendants ofAfricans andEastIndians. tion as a condition for billions in aid needed in Tisilare to repair the damage wrought during Miloois 18-year rule. eventu‘The decree was to take ef- ally backedextradition efforts fect today, when it is pub- for fear of losing billions in lished in Yugoslavia’sofficial eA gazette. ison Yugoslav Prime Minister Miroljub Labus said work for extradition tape place the ousted president, whois in picked up steam as the date jail, could be sent to the court fora key donors conference — in The Hague, Netherlands,in Friday in Brussels, Belgium “a matter of days.” He added — app)roached, that the 15 other YugoslavcitAUN. spokesman in Kosizens charged with war ovo, Simon Haselock, called crimes face a similar fate. the move “extremely good Serbian Prime Minister news.” Zoran Djindjic told reporters “We have long known that in the northern town of Sub- Mr. Milosevic was probably otica that it might take "15-20 responsible for some the days”before Milosevic is ex- horrendous crimes inthis re- - « ‘ ~ tradited, Beta news agency reported. 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