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...major problem is habitat erosion. In Vietnam, for example, which is home to four of the 25 most endangered species, habitat loss as a result of development and persistent hunting for food, medicine and animal skins has reduced the populations of species like the golden-headed langur from thousands of animals in the middle of last century to only 65 today. "The more we look at it, the worse the picture seems to get," says Ben Rawson, a Hanoi-based primatologist with Conservation International (CI), another sponsor of the recent report. Conducting primate surveys in the region, he says...
...encouraging way to start,” co-captain Dave MacDonald said. The Crimson matched up against the team that bumped Harvard out of the ECAC playoffs last season, and the memory of a frustrated finish carried through the offseason until the Crimson could face the Golden Knights again. “Going in there on Friday night, we started where we left off last year on a bit of a sour note, and we were hungry to beat them this time,” Richter said. Just one minute into the game, Clarkson scored on Harvard after a shot...
...toughest opponents gave the Harvard men’s hockey team confidence that it can compete with the nation’s best.Sophomore goalie Kyle Richter anchored a powerful defense against both the No. 16 St. Lawrence Saints (3-5, 0-3 ECAC) and the No. 11 Clarkson Golden Knights (5-2, 2-0). Though the Crimson (1-1, 1-1) suffered a 2-1 loss to Clarkson—the team that ended Harvard’s—playoff drive last season, the squad stayed in the game until the end and managed to explode offensively against...
...Iraqi flags, and seemingly no Iraqi federal officials. Instead, the Iraqi side is controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government, which enforces its own customs and immigration policies, enforced at checkpoints manned by Kurdish peshmerga fighters under the flag of Kurdistan - a red, white, and green tricolor with a golden...
...despite their deep-rooted ties to the community, the Sullivans say that their golden name is no guarantee of success...