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Rare snowy owl soars over Washington, thrills crowds

Longview News-Journal 16 Jan 2022
Late last week about three dozen people in thick coats trained their binoculars on the football-sized bird with bright yellow eyes as it perched on the stone head of Archimedes, a famous ancient Greek mathematician, carved above the train station entrance. The nocturnal hunter appears to be targeting the city’s plentiful downtown rat population.
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The Growing Menace of QR Code Scams — and How to Stay Safe

WhoWhatWhy 14 Jan 2022
Rat Who Detected Land Mines in Cambodia Dies in Retirement (Reader Steve). The author writes, “A land mine-detecting rat in Cambodia who received a prestigious award for his life-saving duty has died in retirement, the charity for which he had worked has announced ... The organization trains rats and dogs to sniff out land mines and tuberculosis.” .
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SKorea slightly eases distancing but warns of omicron surge

Caledonian Record 14 Jan 2022
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will slightly ease its coronavirus gathering restrictions starting next week but continue to maintain a 9 p.m ... Visits to nursing homes will be banned during the period and officials will also limit the capacity on trains and ferries to discourage travel ... Rat who detected land mines in Cambodia dies in retirement.
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Magawa the Landmine-Sniffing Rat Was an International Hero. His Work Is Far From Over

Time Magazine 13 Jan 2022
Magawa was one of hundreds of “hero rats” that have been trained since the 1990s by APOPO to detect landmines ... While other animals can be trained to ... Courtesy of APOPOMagawa and other African giant pouched rats are trained for nine to 12 months to sniff out landmines.
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Landmine-sniffing ‘hero rat’ dies

Russia Today 13 Jan 2022
An African giant pouched rat, named Magawa, who found 78 ... The news was shared earlier this week by APOPO, a mine-clearing NGO, which trains rats to detect mines ... The legendary rat was born at Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania in 2013, where APOPO has a training center.
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Rat who detected land mines in Cambodia dies in retirement

Tampa Bay Times 13 Jan 2022
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A land mine-detecting rat in Cambodia who received a prestigious award for his life-saving duty has died in retirement, the charity for which he had worked has announced ... The organization trains rats and dogs to sniff out land mines and tuberculosis.
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Rare snowy owl soars over D.C., thrills crowds

The Sharon Herald 13 Jan 2022
Late last week about three dozen people in thick coats trained their binoculars on the football-sized bird with bright yellow eyes as it perched on the stone head of Archimedes, a famous ancient Greek mathematician, carved above the train station entrance. The nocturnal hunter appears to be targeting the city’s plentiful downtown rat population.
photo: Creative Commons / Presidencia de la Nación Argentina
File - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) together with his wife Emine (C) and Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) during the G20 summit in Toronto, Canada.
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Turkey Helped Instigate Uprising in Kazakhstan to Advance “Great Turan” Project

GlobalResearch 13 Jan 2022
... are sent to Turkey to improve their professional training for short-term courses ... Escobar reported that there were 22 Americans, 16 Turks and 6 Israelis in the center and were coordinating sabotage gangs – trained in West Asia by the Turks – and then rat-lined to Almaty.
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‘Hero rat’ Magawa, who sniffed out mines, dies in retirement

East Bay Times 13 Jan 2022
The African giant pouched rat found more than 100 landmines and other explosives during his service, according to APOPO, the mine-clearing non-governmental organization that trained him ... African giant pouched rats are intelligent and easy to train — Magawa began training from a young age.
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Award-winning rat who detected land mines in Cambodia dies in retirement

Lincoln Journal Star 13 Jan 2022
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A land-mine-detecting rat in Cambodia who received a prestigious award for his life-saving duty has died in retirement, the charity for which he had worked has announced ... The organization trains rats and dogs to sniff out land mines and tuberculosis.
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Hero rat Magawa laid to rest after a life spent detecting mines

The National 12 Jan 2022
A very special rat was laid to rest at the weekend after eight years spent saving human lives by sniffing out landmines in Cambodia.READ MORE. Cambodia's famous mine-sniffing rat retires with 71 finds ... The organisation also trains rats and dogs to sniff out landmines and tuberculosis.
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Magawa, the landmine-sniffing hero rat, dies aged eight

RNZ 12 Jan 2022
Magawa, the famous mine-clearing rat who was awarded a gold medal for his heroism, has died at the age of eight ... Magawa was the most successful rat trained by the Belgian charity Apopo to alert human handlers about the mines so they can be safely removed. The charity said the African giant pouch rat "passed away peacefully" at the weekend.
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Magawa, African rat that hunted land mines in Cambodia, dies

Shenzhen Daily 12 Jan 2022
Over the weekend, Magawa died peacefully, according to a press release by APOPO, an organization that trains rats like Magawa to hunt land mines ... Magawa was an African giant pouched rat born in Tanzania at a training and breeding center at the Sokoine University of Agriculture in 2013.
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Landmine-hunting hero rat dies in Cambodia after stellar career

The Observer 12 Jan 2022
A landmine-hunting rat that was awarded a gold medal for heroism for clearing ordnance from the Cambodian countryside has died ... The giant rats that love avocado – and can diagnose deadly TB ... An African giant pouched rat sniffing for traces of landmine explosives at Apopo’s training facility in Morogoro, Tanzania.

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