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The article discusses about graphite. Topics include characteristic of graphite is its softness and ductility, allowing flaky crystals to bend without breaking; Tanzania has Africa's largest deposits of graphite; and graphite is mixed with radar-absorbing materials, it decreases the risk of radar detection.

This section provides a summary of long- and short-term political, economic and business risk for Guatemala as of October 2008. President Álvaro Colom unveiled significant expansion proposals for the country's armed forces. A fiscal deficit of 1.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) is expected for the year, as expenditure increases. Plans are afoot for the installation of a radar in the Playa Grande area in the northeast and for the changing of radios and radars at the La Aurora airport.