Egypt Seizes 7,000 Dried Lizards

CAIRO, Egypt Aug. 3 — Egyptian customs agents seized 7,000 dried lizards from a Syrian passenger Saturday, airport officials said. Ahmed Mahmoud Salem, who was about to board a plane to the Jordanian capital, Amman, said he was going to mix the lizards with honey to make an aphrodisiac.He was allowed to leave. Authorities kept the lizards in Egypt. Copyright 2002 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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Water Levels Down Sharply in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS -- Water levels dropped precipitously Monday in the worst of the flooded neighborhoods in and around New Orleans. Areas that had been under 6 to 8 feet of water less than two days earlier were dry at dawn, with ooze now smearing the streets and water collecting at low, marshy spots. For the first time in the 8th and 9th wards in East New Orleans and Mid-City neighborhoods, search and rescue crews were able to patrol on foot. By midday, National Guardsmen and Marines said they had found several corpses inside homes that had been inaccessible until today....

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