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National Geographic : 2002 Jan
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FE 2 ATURES Wolf to Woof After wild dogs learned not to bite the hand that fed them, French poodles weren't far behind. BY KAREN E. LANGE PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT CLARK 12 A Love Story Some dogs work for us-hunting, herding, guiding-but others just dote on us, and we love them for it. BY ANGUS PHILLIPS PHOTOGRAPHS BY RICHARD OLSENIUS 32 The New Europe With its own parliament and currency and a common aspiration for peace, the European Union declares itself -in 11 official languages-open for business. BY T. R. REID PHOTOGRAPHS BY STUART FRANKLIN 48 China's Unknown Gobi Spring-fed lakes, thousand-foot-high sand dunes, and the ghosts of an ancient walled city lie at the heart of the remote Alashan Plateau. BY DONOVAN WEBSTER PHOTOGRAPHS BY GEORGE STEINMETZ 76 In Focus: World of Islam Earth's fastest growing religion, with six million followers in the U.S. alone, reveals striking diversity. BY DON BELT 86 Hotspots: India's Western Ghats Treasured watershed of India, these coastal mountains feed grasslands, forests, and a burgeoning human population. Biologist E. O. Wilson introduces a series examining such hotspots-among Earth's richest ecosystems. BY GEOFFREY C. WARD PHOTOGRAPHS BY FRANS LANTING n1 ZipUSA: U.S.S. Enterprise Now hear this: More than 5,000 men and women live on the Big E, a place where mail call is priceless and 30-ton jets roar off the flight deck 24 hours a day. BY T. R. REID PHOTOGRAPHS BY TERU KUWAYAMA DEPARTMENTS From the Editor Forum EarthPulse Geographica Behind the Scenes nationalgeographic.com National Geographic TV Ask Us Final Edit On Assignment Flashback THE COVER Simon the Maltese poses with the wolf Koda in a canid family photo covering at least 14,000 years. Wolf and dog provided by Doug Seus's Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife, Utah. BY ROBERT CLARK ® Coverprinted on recycled-content paper nationalgeographic.com/ngn/0201 SIGHTS AND SOUNDS See Europe's new vision of unity. ISLAM Learn about Muslims living inthe United States. DOGS Meet the dogs used in the Pentagon recovery effort. OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
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