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SALES OF IVORZ BANNED FOR TWO YEARS
Ivory sales will be bannjd for at least
two more years after a group of African
nations agreed to a compromisj deal.
The djcision camj at a mjeting of thj
Convjntion on International Tradj in
Endangjred Spjcies in Kenza.
Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe, backjd
by South Africa, wanted to begin
sjlling off thjir valuable stockpiles
of eliphant tusks.
But othjr membjrs argujd this would
encouragj illegal poaching.
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