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Thailand seized three tonnes of elephant tusks worth about $6 million, the second biggest ivory bust in the country’s history, customs officials said Monday.
Thai officials display ivory confiscated in a customs seizure. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Thai police arrested two men on Thursday after seizing 51 pieces of ivory in northeast Thailand. The ivory weighed about 135 kg, was valued at 5.8 million baht, or US$177,000, the largest ivory bust in recent years.
Thai police arrested two men on Thursday after seizing 51 pieces of ivory in northeast Thailand. The ivory weighed about 135 kg, was valued at 5.8 million baht, or US$177,000, the largest ivory bust in recent years.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai says that Taliban rule in Afghanistan has made "girlhood illegal", in her keynote speech at an event held by the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg to commemorate the anti-apartheid icon. “The Taliban have made girlhood illegal and it is taking a toll,” she says. IMAGES
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