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Kenyan rangers shoot dead five suspected elephant poachers

The men were killed during a late-night gun battle in the country's west.

Kenya seizes 600kg of illegal Nigeria-bound ivory

Kenya security dogs at Nairobi airport Friday sniffed through a layer of pepper to uncover 600kg of illegal ivory bound for Nigeria.

A sedated Elephant is processed and collared by experts at Kenya's Tsavo-east National park in Mar. 2012 as part of efforts to crackdown on a dramatic increase in poaching.

TONY KARUMBA

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