Positivo de ántrax en sobre en las Bahamas
N assau, Baham as (AP) - Un
sobre que contenía un polvo
blanco, que llegó a una oficina
postal en N assau, dio positivo
en la prueba de esporas de
ántrax, en lo que sería el primer
descubrim iento de la bacteria
en el C a r ib e , d ije r o n las
autoridades.
El sobre tenía com o destino
una dirección de las Bahamas y
tenía una estam pilla local, dijo
el dom ingo el com isionado de la
año - year
cartas contaminadas-contaminated mail
cartas contaminadas con ántrax enviadas -
contaminated letters with anthrax sent
cese-dism issal
comité - committee
domingo-Sunday
p i gobierno filipino y el grupo separatista - The
Filipino government and the separatist group
policía Paul Farquharson. La
policía dijo que no divulgará la
identidad del receptor, ni otros
detalles respecto al sobre.
Las pruebas de laboratorio
realizadas en un hospital de
Nassau indicaban la presencia de
las e sp o ra s de á n tra x , d ijo
Merceline Dahl-Regis, el princi­
pal funcionario sanitario en las
Bahamas.
Los funcionarios dijeron que
esperaban la confirm ación de
los C entros para el Control de
E n fe rm e d a d e s
e s ta d o u n ­
id e n s e , s o b re el h a lla z g o
del mal.
Ninguno de los 10 empleados
de la oficina indicaba síntomas de
ántrax y las muestras nasales
dieron negativo. Todos tomaban
antibióticos com o m edida de
precaución, agregó.
La carta fue hallada el martes,
cuando un em pleado postal notó
que
un
so b re
vertía polvo blanco, dijo la
policía.
En Estados Unidos, nueve per­
sonas han sido diagnosticadas
con ántrax, y uno de ellos ha
m uerto. M uchos han estado
vinculados a cartas contaminadas
e n v ia d a s
a
m e d io s
de
comunicación y políticos.
En Kenia y Argentina se han
recibido cartas contaminadas con
ántrax enviadas desde Estados
Unidos.
Estados Unidos - United States
fin -e n d
M ia m i
la bacteria en el Caribe - the bacteria in the
Caribbean
MIAMI (AP) — The small
home where Elian Gonzalez lived
while at the center of an interna­
tional custody battle opened Sun­
day as a shrine to honor him.
E lian's wooden swing set and
a picture o f his mother, Elizabeth
Brotons, who died while trying to
bring him to the United States,
greeted nearly 500 people who
passed through the front door of
Unidos en Casa Elian, or United in
Elian House.
Delfin Gonzalez, the boy’s
great-uncle and the Little Havana
hom e’s owner, said some people
might not agree with opening the
shrine shortly after last m onth’s
terrorist attacks, or even having a
site dedicated to the boy. But he
said it filled a need in the commu­
nity.
“For the people that don’t care,
this might not be of any signifi­
cance,” said Gonzalez, 67.
The home includes four bi­
cycles and the red, yellow and
la minoría musulmana - the Muslim minority
lucha - struggle
m iras-sights
movimiento guerrillero-guerilla movement
polvo blanco - white powder
síntomas de ántrax - anthrax spores
tercera ronda de negociaciones en la capital de
M alasia-third-party round of negotiations in the
Malaysian capital
una estampilla local - a local stamp
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One poster bore photos of a
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Delfin Gonzalez bought the
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public.
“I ’m very satisfied,” he said.
“I’m happy to serve and that
people can come and look and go
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Some visitors were moved to
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Russia May Close
Spy Base on Cuba
HAVANA (A P)— The Cuban
government said Russia had not
asked for its permission to close
down a spy base on the island and
urged more talks with Moscow on
the announced closure.
The spy base on Cuba was
built in 1964, shortly after the 1962
Cuban missile crisis. The closure
o f the station, 13 miles south of
the capital in Lourdes, will allow
Russia to save at least $200 million
a year in rent and an undisclosed
amount in personnel salaries, ac­
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Moscow.
Cuba has received intelligence
information from the base. It was
unclear when the base would close
or what would happen to the
equipment.
“We continue to have a huge
appreciation and respect for Rus­
sia, and Cuba at this point will
abstain from judgments and criti­
cism about this announcement,”
the Cuban government said.
Moscow said it would close
the base in Cuba and a naval sup­
port base in Vietnam in an effort to
raise more money for the military
in Russia.
Gen. Anatoly Kvashnin, chief
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to 100 sophisticated radars.