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The golden snub-nosed monkey could be saved by a new law in China.

In China, a proposed law could save this endangered — and awfully cute — species

Global Scan

China is considering a measure to make it illegal for people to eat or buy products made from four endangered animals. That’s a real culture change. In the UK, carnivorous insects get their own 3-D glasses. And in Lebanon, the Debutantes’ Ball goes on in the face of violence. All that and more, in today’s Global Scan.

The golden snub-nosed monkey could be saved by a new law in China.

In China, a proposed law could save this endangered — and awfully cute — species

Global Scan
Leeches suck blood from the neck of a patient at the clinic of doctor Tatijana Gambar in Porec, west Croatia December 17, 2013. The clinic uses leeches to treat, among other things, migraines.

Could migraine suffers finally have a new form of effective relief?

Health & Medicine

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Health & Medicine

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