Lessons in geography, #508

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In a May 21 story about Bolivian land reform, The Associated Press erroneously reported the amount of farmland being redistributed and the country’s size. The plots total nearly 8 percent of Bolivia, not 10 percent. Bolivia is nearly eight times bigger than New York state, not the same size. Link

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This entry was written by Craig Silverman, posted on May 24, 2006 at 8:00 am, filed under Wire service. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.
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