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...because of the chaos the country has fallen into and the brutal economics of development, the orange apes were on the verge of a grisly distinction, in danger of becoming the first ape to disappear from the wild. Perhaps 5,000-6,000 survive on Sumatra, half the number that existed as recently as 1998. There are 10,000-15,000 on Borneo, a decline of one-third in the same period. "Orangutan survival totally depends on the survival of the tropical forest," says Birute Galdikas. "It's as simple as that." Galdikas has been studying orangutans since the late...
...part of the G.O.P.'s energy problem. Bush's plan to boost production nationally is in trouble. In mid-April, internal House polls showed the Republicans 3 points behind the Democrats on the question of which party could be trusted more on energy issues. Two weeks ago, they'd fallen to 15 points behind. Republicans fear that will only get worse as Lieberman and two other committee chairmen convene hearings on Bush's energy policies--and his friends in the industry. Both state and federal authorities are probing allegations of market manipulation by a variety of power generators and pipeline...
TEEN SENSE Teenage girls in the U.S. are less likely to become pregnant than at any time since at least 1976, when national data first became available. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control finds that the teen pregnancy rate has fallen nearly 20% from its all-time high in 1991, to 94.3 pregnancies per 1,000 girls, ages...
...plugged my ears with my fingers and closed my eyes," recalls Maheshwar. Opening his eyes, he found the King "had a very strange look on his face, and then he began to lean to the right." Rajiv, a medical doctor, rushed over from a corner and tended to the fallen King, as did Maheshwar. Ravi, a retired general, did not think these first wounds were fatal...
...block ground clearance on the land Mondavi had leased for its vineyard. But beneath the rhetoric, powerful local interests were in play. Opposition to the project was led by Aimé Guibert, the owner of Daumas Gassac whose plans to sell his own vineyard to Mondavi had fallen through. Mayor Diaz won over a majority of Aniane's voters with arguments worthy of Astérix: "Do we French growers, with our know-how and traditions, really need Mondavi to help us with our wine-making technique...