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Thailand customs seizes $700,000 in ivory from Kenya
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18869424
Nearly half a tonne of ivory worth more than $700,000 (£447,000) has been seized at the airport in Thailand's capital Bangkok, customs officials say.
The elephant tusks were hidden in wooden boxes on a flight from Kenya.
Ivory shipped to Thailand is often made into carvings or jewellery, or sold on to other countries such as China for what is said to be medicinal use.
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