World Vignettes

Barbra Streisand, James Brolin wed

LOS ANGELES: Singer and actress Barbra Streisand and television actor James Brolin exchanged vows on Wednesday night at her beach-front Malibu estate, KCLA television said.

Ending months of speculation, the couple, both in their mid-fifties, had as private a ceremony as possible with televisionhelicopters occasionally buzzing overhead and the road leading to her posh estate lined with television trucks. The wedding, which marks the second anniversary of the couple8217;s first date, was reportedly supposed to be a small affair by Hollywood standards, with only family and close friends attending it.

Monkey business

BEIJING: Zoologists in China have found more than 1,000 snub-nosed monkeys in China8217;s southwest Yunnan province. The Yunnan snub-nosed monkey is a rare species that has been included in the number one category of wildlife listed under state protection in China. Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys, found in the Samagong forest in Weixi County were thought to mainly live in the Baimang whiteness Snow Mountain State Nature Reserve, over 3,800 meters above sea level and more than 200 km away from Samagong forest area. The monkeys substitute on a diet of fruits and leaves. They are snow white when they are young and their backs turn black as they grow.