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28 August 2004

Botanical treasure haul

Three new species of coffee, one of ebony and a new busy Lizzie have been discovered in the remote highlands of Cameroon, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, London, announced on Monday. The expedition unearthed nearly 50 new species of plants and fungi in all.

Nuclear lapse

Another US nuclear weapons facility is in trouble over missing documents. The National Nuclear Security Administration announced on 19 August that three electronic copies of a document containing nuclear weapons data are missing from its office in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Security lapses at nearby Los Alamos National Laboratory triggered the…

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