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Sometimes you have to travel to a wine's home in order to understand its character. Last fall, after the harvest in Italy, I stood atop the ruined fortress that looms over the ancient town of Montalcino, the birthplace of Brunello, just 40 km southeast of Siena. From the fortress, I devoured the panoramic view of the Tuscan countryside. In the distance, the grapevine leaves were as colorful as New England's autumnal best. Clumps of olive trees and upright cypresses were shadowed by the brooding Monte Amiata. The whole ambience was distilled in the Brunello I was drinking. Seeing...
DISCOVERED. A previously unknown MAMMAL; after being photographed by remote cameras installed by the World Wildlife Fund; in a rain forest in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. If confirmed as a new species, the bushy-tailed, civet-like creature would be the first new carnivorous mammal discovered in Southeast Asia since 1930. DIED. RICHARD PRYOR, 65, celebrated American comic revolutionary; of a heart attack, in Encino, California. Pryor's comedy re-created the street characters?winos, pimps, junkies?he had grown up with. His no-holds-barred acts were matched by a private life that seemed an unending soap opera?outbursts...
...Pirates of the Asian Seas Our report on pirates plying the waters off Somalia [Nov. 14] noted that such seaborne attacks have long been a criminal plague around the world. We wrote about the threat in the seas of Southeast Asia 27 years ago. Here is an excerpt from that report [July...
...live to tell tales of the marauding buccaneers who currently infest the sea-lanes of Southeast Asia. Piracy has become an all too real contemporary scourge for fishing and commerce across an expanse of ocean stretching from the Malay peninsula to the Philippines. Sumatran pirates constantly harass coastal freighters and fishermen in the Straits of Malacca ... Pleasure boats headed toward Bali from Hong Kong and Thailand are warned to stay away from the Celebes Sea. Cutlass and sword are pass?. Asian pirates today pounce from hidden coves in supercharged speedboats or trawlers armed with automatic rifles, M-79 grenade launchers...
Artemisinin is critical to fighting malaria, a deadly global problem that kills up to 3 million people annually. The compound is found in wormwood plants that grow in Southeast Asia but costs $2.40 a dose. In developing countries, that might as well...