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U.S. lawmakers seek to retire AIDS research chimps
Two House Republicans said Tuesday they were exploring ways to give a =
comfortable retirement to 1,500 chimpanzees that were bred for AIDS =
research. Accompanied by primate expert Jane Goodall, House Speaker Newt =
Gingrich and Rep. Jim Greenwood, R-Penn., said they were working on a =
bill to set up sanctuaries for the chimps. The chimps, bred in the =
United States specifically for AIDS research, did not turn out to be the =
effective models that scientists had anticipated. With no research use, =
the primates that are man's closest cousins were languishing in cages at =
an annual cost of $7.3 million.=20
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=3D2554013454-be1
Woman stages protest atop giant old tree
Julia Hill has not set foot on Earth in nearly five months. Hill, a =
24-year-old environmental activist, has been perched atop an ancient =
redwood tree in Humboldt County, Calif., to save it from the chain saws =
of timber company Pacific Lumber. Hers is the latest in a long line of =
battles fought over the fate of the last few old-growth groves of what =
may be the most majestic tree on Earth. An epic struggle, it pits timber =
companies seeking to harvest the precious wood against rabid, rag-tag =
environmental activists from the Earth First group.=20
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