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A shopping mall for nuclear blackmailers

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Countries with nuclear power ambitions are turning to the former USSR for their source of weapons-grade plutonium and uranium. The economic difficulty of persons guarding these nuclear materials, is forcing them to sell these nuclear materials hoping for financial gains.

Author: Eads, Brian
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1997
Case studies, Safety and security measures, International aspects, Russia, Arms smuggling, Nuclear arms control, Nuclear nonproliferation, Black market

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Last stand of the Komodo dragon

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There are less than 4,500 specimens left of the Komodo dragon located on five isolated islands of Indonesia. The survival of the world's biggest lizard will depend on the success of such projects as the genetic fingerprinting of existing species.

Author: Eads, Brian
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1999
Research, Usage, Prevention, Indonesia, Natural history, Extinction (Biology), Genetic research, Komodo dragon

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World's most wanted

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A description of the most wanted criminals worldwide is presented. They include William Bradford Bishop, Jr., Antonio Angles, Niels Christian Nielsen, Grant Warren Beucage, Agustin Vasquez Mendoza and the Bobst Bomber.

Author: Welzenbach, Michael, Eads, Brian
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1999
Cases, Personalities, Criminals, Angles, Antonio, Beaucage, Grant Warren, Bishop, William Bradford, Jr., Mendoza, Agustin Vasquez, Nielsen, Niels Christian

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