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In Chad, the ivory poachers have upgraded to automatic weapons. Having bolstered the population at this "last stand for elephants" in central Africa, the Wildlife Conservation Society estimated recently that the numbers had dropped again, from 3,500 to 1,000.

Growing up in Rainier, a big trip for me was the annual hunting excursion to Eastern Oregon or a short holiday vacation on the Oregon Coast.

Jim Fowler is a man on a mission of educating the public about animals, mostly those in the wild. He brings that mission to DeFuniak Springs at the 14th annual convening of Florida Chautauqua Assembly.

The incoming administration of Senator Barack Hussein Obama in the United States of America, is likely to face a myriad of tasking foreign policy issues.

LOS ANGELES-- For a limited time, the famed "Kazanjian Red" diamond will be on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. One of only three vividly blood-hued red diamonds known to exist, the 5-carat "Kazanjian Red" holds a history as brilliant as its color. It was found in 1927 in a diamond field in South Africa, but was stolen during World War II in Arnhem during the Nazi ...

Antwerp?s Orthodox Jews have set the tone of its lively diamond market for more than a century, but global economic forces threaten their livelihoods and way of life.