Animal poaching and smuggling

Animal poaching and smuggling

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  SAfrica prosecutor: Congo rebels wanted coup, war

  Nineteen alleged members of a Congolese rebel group — including one U.S. citizen — sought outside help in their effort to overthrow Congolese ... 

• Kony's LRA killing fewer civilians, group finds

  Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, the shadowy group of militants that has terrorized Central Africa for years, killed far fewer civilians in 2012 ... 

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  Cyprus jobless turn to illegal songbird trapping

  It's just before first light and the bird-catcher strings nets among the orange, pomegranate, fig and carob trees in his orchard. The sound of ... 

• UK association admits illegal fox hunting

  A hunting club has been fined for illegal fox hunting, seven years after it was made illegal in Britain. The Heythrop Hunt, based in Oxfordshire, ...