NewsJuly 9, 2004
Wildfires damage Rwandan park
KIGALI, Rwanda -- Wildfires touched off by farmers clearing land ravaged hundreds of acres of Rwanda's premier national park, home to a variety of exotic animals, officials said Thursday. Meanwhile, the government began evicting farmers from the fringes of another national park to protect the habitat for the rare mountain gorillas...
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KIGALI, Rwanda -- Wildfires touched off by farmers clearing land ravaged hundreds of acres of Rwanda's premier national park, home to a variety of exotic animals, officials said Thursday. Meanwhile, the government began evicting farmers from the fringes of another national park to protect the habitat for the rare mountain gorillas.
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