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TOKYO, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Japanese craft makers Thursday hailed the decision by an international conservation body to approve China as a buyer of ivory, hoping that they too will be able to buy elephant tusks as promised.

NAIROBI, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - Kenyan authorities on Wednesday detained three Chinese nationals at the country's main airport on suspicion of smuggling ivory, an official said.

JOHANNESBURG, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - China's approval for the first time as a bonafide buyer of ivory drew flak Wednesday from some conservationists who blame the country for stoking the illegal ivory trade.

JOHANNESBURG, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - South African animal rights activists reacted furiously on Wednesday after a decision to allow China to import ivory from the region, saying it spells disaster for African elephants.

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2008 (AFP) - Nearly one-third of ivory items for sale in the United States may have been illegally imported after a US moratorium on the trade imposed in 1989, conservation groups said in a report Monday.

LUSAKA, March 31, 2008 (AFP) - Zambian authorities have arrested nine Chinese nationals after they were found in illegal possession of products made from ivory, an official said on Monday.

Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) said the nine Chinese nationals were arrested on separate days last week after they conducted a search on a Chinese-owned factory in the capital Lusaka.