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Herbicidal warfare is the use of substances primarily designed to destroy the plant-based ecosystem of an area. Although herbicidal warfare use chemical substances, its main purpose is to disrupt agricultural food production and/or to destroy plants which provide cover or concealment to the enemy, not to asphyxiate or poison humans and/or destroy human-made structures.
Major contributors of such items as food, medicine, transport aircraft, air and ground crew included: American Jewish Emergency Effort for Biafran Relief; Canada (financial, food, material, C-130 Hercules aircraft) Canairrelief (a NGO organized by the Presbyterian Church of Canada and Oxfam Canada. Over 10,000 tons were carried in 674 flights) [6]
The Little Li Flying Dagger (小李飛刀; xiáolǐ fēidāo) is the weapon of Li Xunhuan, Ye Kai, Ding Lingzhong and Li Huai. The blade of the dagger is three cun and seven fen long (13.7cm). It is forged from ordinary steel and iron, unlike other fictional weapons forged from special materials. It ranks third in the Book of Weapons (兵器譜).
The second BeiDou-2 constellation satellite Compass-G2 was launched on 15 April 2009. [ 33 ] On 15 January 2010, the official website of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System went online, [ 34 ] and the system's third satellite ( Compass-G1 ) was carried into its orbit by a Long March 3C rocket on 17 January 2010.
New York City's fight against rats has entered the furry beasts' bedrooms, with the City Council approving a measure to lace rat traps with rodent birth control.
The latest report assembled by leading international and local aid groups, known as Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, calculates that half of Gaza’s population of 2.2 million have ...
Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of August. Sagitta is a dim but distinctive constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for 'arrow', not to be confused with the significantly larger constellation Sagittarius 'the archer'.
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) designates 88 constellations. [1] In the table below, they are listed by geographical visibility according to latitude as seen from Earth, as well as the best months for viewing the constellations at 21:00 (9 p.m.).