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Kabila Wins Again Congo re-elects its President...
...resist trifling with complex systems (you know--DNA, nanotechnology, alien spheres, Japan) in the name of progress, which then turn around and bite us, often literally. This view is not necessarily incorrect, and Crichton has expressed it in some first-rate, even prescient, works of genre fiction, notably Congo and Jurassic Park. (Crichton is in real life famously tall--he's usually reported as 6 ft. 9 in.--and one wonders if that helps him see what's coming ahead of the rest...
...CONGO...
...runoff between President Joseph Kabila and former rebel chief Jean-Pierre Bemba--three months after Congo's first free election in more than 40 years--Kabila led, with 58% of the votes. But Bemba, claiming "systematic cheating," has taken the case to the Supreme Court, where last week pro-Bemba protests erupted in violence. The resulting delays could hold off Kabila's Dec. 10 swearing...
GORILLAS Researchers in Congo last fall were the first to observe gorillas using tools. The great apes were seen opening nuts with rocks and gauging water depth with sticks...