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The Hol Chan reserve -- the first of its kind in Central America -- includes beds of sea grass, which prevent silt from settling on the reef, and seven mangrove cays that serve as nursery areas for many of the species living there. "Reef, mangroves, sea grass -- they're all linked," Gibson...
The call to protest was deliberately low key. In fax messages Chinese dissidents abroad urged sympathizers on the mainland to honor the April 15 anniversary of the beginning of last year's prodemocracy upheaval by simply taking a stroll through Beijing's Tiananmen Square. But the country's security watchdogs...
At Harvard, the administration is responsible for the safety of its students. Yet the University's escort service admits in the phone book it cannot be used routinely for protection and there is no 24-hour guarded study area.
Approached from the boardwalk, the facade of the Taj Mahal actually looks edible, the work of a candymaker gone mad. The building sprawls along 17 beach-front acres, resembling a vast white meringue, iced with 70 fruit- flavored minarets and topped off with dribbles of gold. Peppermint lampposts line walkways...
Meanwhile, arms proliferate throughout the Middle East. Last week Libya successfully tested a system to refuel fighter-bombers in midflight, thus improving Tripoli's ability to attack Israel. In Beijing witnesses photographed a heavily guarded convoy of flatbed trucks carrying a total of 26 short-range missiles toward the port...