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• Half of mammals are in decline, study finds
It is most extreme in Central and South America, West, East and Central Africa, Madagascar, and in South and Southeast Asia." 'A frightening sign' More than half of the 1,141 threatened mammal species fall under "critically endangered" (188) or ...
• Kenya air/safari, from $2,899
From Nairobi, you'll make the five-and-a-half-hour drive to Masai Mara National Reserve, a 1,042-square-mile area along Kenya's southwest border with Tanzania. (Several scenes from the film Out of Africa were shot in this area.) The Masai Mara Sopa ...
• Scandal-plagued Jefferson moves to Nov. runoff
Jefferson, seeking his 10th term in Congress, faces a December trial on charges that he took bribes, laundered money and misused his congressional office for business dealings in Africa. With about 72 percent of the vote counted, Jefferson was leading ...
• Developed countries push back vs. pirates
America and some of its allies already have 10 warships in the area in the Gulf of Aden, north of Somalia on Africa's eastern elbow and between the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. France's defense minister this week — meeting in northern French ...
• AIDS virus decades older than thought
Researchers note that the newly calculated dates fall during the rise of cities in Africa, and they suggest urban development may have promoted HIV’s initial establishment and early spread. Chimpanzee virus Scientists say HIV descended from a ...