Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, September 12, 1994 TAG: 9409130047
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-3 EDITION: METRO
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MANAMA, Bahrain - Even the lowly ant isn't safe from Persian Gulf teen-agers in search of exotic new ``highs.''
Adolescents in the free-wheeling port of Dubai are smoking the tiny insects or sniffing the fumes they emit when crushed, the English-language Gulf News reported.
The practice has become so popular that a small packet of ``Samaseem'' - Gulf Arabic for ants - sells for up to $135 in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, the newspaper said.
- Associated Press
Smallpox virus may be destroyed
After a reprieve, the smallpox virus seems headed for destruction after all.
In a decision that seems to spell the end for the last remaining stocks of smallpox virus, a 10-member committee of the World Health Organization recommended unanimously Friday that the virus be destroyed on June 30, 1995.
The committee's recommendation now goes to the executive committee of the WHO, a United Nations agency based in Geneva, and will be put to the full membership at its annual meeting next May.
- The New York Times
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