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Kenya prepares to torch world's biggest ivory bonfire

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Eleven giant pyres of tusks will be set on fire Saturday as Kenya torches its vast ivory stockpile in a grand gesture aimed at shocking the world into stopping the slaughter of elephants. IMAGES

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