women and children hardest hit
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) -- Tourists and scientists were gathering at spots around the world for the first total eclipse in years, a solar show that will sweep northeast from Brazil to Mongolia and blot out the sun across swathes of the world's poorest lands.
``I must give him his due. He has considerably cretinized me.'' Lautréamont
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