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Police kill suspected
shooter in Indonesia
TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) —
Government forces shot and
killed a man they suspect in the
fatal shooting of two U.S. teach
ers and one Indonesian in Papua
province, and troops on Sunday
searched through jungles and
thick fog for a band of separatist
insurgents thought to be behind
police chief. Brig. Gen. I Made
Pastika, said a soldier was
wounded in the exchange of tire
with gunmen.
Police claim that about 15
rebels took part in Saturday's
attack, which also wounded 10
people, a few miles from the
Grasberg mine, Phe mine has
the world’s largest deposits of
led Burgon and Kicke\ Spear
were teachers at a school atife
mine, and six of those wminder
were also Americans. Burnt
was earlier identified as Burccr
hut his family called to cone-
the spelling.
The six wounded Ament®
and two injured Indonesia
Saturday’s ambush on a con
gold and ranks second in copper.
where
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copper mine operated by a U.S.
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searching the surrounding jun
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underlined the risks for foreign
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businesses investing in outlying
fog was hampering the hum.
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Indonesian provinces.
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est incident involving foreigners
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Simbolon, the Papua regional
in almost four decades of inter
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military chief, said the suspect
mittent warfare between govern
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occupation e;
shootout Sunday morning near
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the site of the ambush. Papua’s
The two slain Americans.
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West Nile
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pool covers, buckets, barrels and cans w ith stand
ing water and clean out rain gutters that might
contain water. Olson said.
Anyone who experiences flu-like symptoms
for more than a couple of days should contact a
doctor. West Nile has proven most deadly in the
elderly and in children, but 18 to 30-ycar-olds arc
also at risk for developing a serious condition.
The Southern House mosquito carrici
Nile. These mosquitoes tend to breed in
such as polluted puddles and dilapidated
ground water lines. Olson said. They live
span of a month and fly in a half-mile to a mile
radius.
Also found in Brazos County as a carrier of the
virus is the Asian Tiger mosquito, which likes to
bite in the late afternoon, Olson said.
“These mosquitoes will breed in something as
little as a footprint,” Plitt said.
Mosquitoes become infected with the virus
when they feed on infected birds, which then can
infect humans, Olson said. If they get trapped
inside a house or dt
feed on if humans g
To date, 65 cooni
live for the West Nik
Panhandle and East
West Nile has
humans, birds and
Eastern Europe. We
but until 1999 had n
West
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. in Texas have tested po
irus, extending as farasij
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her vertebrates in Aina
Asia and the Middle Ei*
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Western Hemisphere. It is not law
l S. v mis originated from, but it isnv'
Iaicit genetically to strains foundmb
t BI
s made a ’C pattern actovs the Uflfc
trting in the cast and making its «]
the last three y ears.” Olson said.
* fall begins and the weather cools,
.till be a threat here, Olson said. A nr
species of mosquito that can fly within a 25-raik|
radius is expec ted to arriv e in the area, as welli
several more species of birds flying south (■
relief of cold weather.
‘.The bottom line is that no one is exempt.of
if you arc sitting in the middle of campus, 0I>?
said. “So please do it right and don’t let mow.
toes bite."
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