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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Rats make unwelcome fellow travelers

Rats make unwelcome fellow travelers

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 7 (Rosa María Montoya, APLO / www.cubanet.org) -
Virgilio Delat said a rat bit him on the train in which he was traveling
between Santiago de Cuba and Havana.

Delat, an independent journalist, said the rat bit him in a toe and that
public health authorities had put him under observation for 21 days
after attending to his wound. As a result, he said, he cannot leave Havana.

The train connecting the two largest cities on the island, known as the
French train, was once considered luxurious and promised to span the
approximately 600 miles between them in 12 hours. Nowadays the trains
run once every three days, departing at about 6:00 p.m. from each end of
the route and often taking as long as 24 hours to complete the journey.

During the night, passengers say, rats and cockroaches have a field day
in the unlit cars.

http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y06/jul06/17e3.htm

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