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Science Daily News Feed New Scientist News on KurzweilAI.net BGG’s Pandora America’s Finest News SourceThe Sunday Times reported this weekend on illicit purchases of endangered monkeys from Tanzania for supposed medical research. The article pointed out Iran’s purchases in particular as a bit unusual:
…scientists at the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute in Iran had bought 215 vervet monkeys from him this year but he had become suspicious [...]
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Got the scoop: with reference to my post U.S. wanted to gas Aussies? from yesterday, here are the pertinent documents from the Australian National Archives.
United States Projects – Chemical Warfare – Testing in Australia
Chemical Warfare Testing Sites – Report by Joint Australia/U.S. Survey Team of Visit to Iron Range Maralinga to Investigate Suitability of [...]
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