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French said to spy on U.S. computer companies

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W. Douglas Gow, representing the FBI, confirms reports that the French intelligence service have spied on American industrial targets. Gow adds that he knows of no French espionage that has occurred in the United States. According to Gow, French intelligence agents tried, between 1987 and 1989, to collect industrial secrets at foreign offices of two American computer companies. The companies are identified as IBM and Texas Instruments. The State Department has delivered a confidential protest to the French Government. Until now, neither government officially acknowledged the incident.

United States, Computer industry, Foreign operations, France, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Investigations, International aspects, United States foreign relations, Texas Instruments Inc., TXN, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Business intelligence, Competitive intelligence, French foreign relations, Industrial Espionage

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Zimbabwe's Woes Are Bringing Grief To Its Wildlife, Too

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One of the major consequences of Zimbabwe's decaying economy is the destruction of game preserves and other wildlife management resources. These use to encourage tourism and big-game hunting that contributed to the nation's economy. Conservationists estimate that more than two-thirds of wildlife in these areas have been killed by hungry squatters and poachers who have no other means of survival. The country's policy of taking white-owned private scrubland, ideal for photographic safaris, and giving it to squatters has led to the desecration of wildlife species.

Government expenditures, General services, Zimbabwe, Safety and security measures, Economic aspects, Economic policy, Environmental aspects, Wildlife management, Game reserves, Wildlife

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In South Africa, Yachting Erases a Racial Barrier

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One of the South African America's Cup boats, Team Shosoloza, is breaking racial and socioeconomic stereotypes because it is winning races with a crew that is made up of black South Africans from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Labor force information, South Africa, Public affairs, Social aspects, Demographic aspects, Employment, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Sailboat racing, Yacht racing, Blacks, Burricks, Marcello, Ainslie, Ian, Sarno, Salvatore

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