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Published 2/24/2009 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prompted by the mauling of a Connecticut woman last week by a pet chimpanzee, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to ban interstate trade of apes and monkeys.
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