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Manna's fish from heaven
Thiruvananthapuram, India (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 Fish rained down on the Indian village of Manna last week, startling locals who hailed the phenomenon as a miracle. In an echo of the Bible's manna from heaven, fish up to 2.2 inches (55 millimetres) long plummeted to earth for 15 minutes in the remote village in the southern state of Kerala. "I saw fish falling from the sky. At first, we could not believe our eyes," said shopkeeper V.K. Satheeshan. Residents quickly collected the fish, with some gathering them in jars. "When I rushed to the spot, I found lots of small fishes on the road. Some of the shopkeepers collected fishes in jars," said M. Rajeevan, a local journalist from Manna. The pencil-thin fish were likely lifted into the sky from rivers by a waterspout, or mini-tornado, according to professor Godfrey Louis of Mahatma Gandhi University in the Kerala city of Kottayam. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Dirt, rocks and all the stuff we stand on firmly
Zimbabwe suspends ivory sales
Harare (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 Zimbabwe has suspended the sale of its stockpile of nine tonnes of ivory to dealers for as long as no proper monitoring system has been put in place, officials said Monday. |
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