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GUWAHATI INDIA : (FILES) This file photo dated 23 April 2002 shows
Surander Chaudhury (L), 28, showing a 350-gram Great Indian Rhinoceros
horn worth some 150,000 Indian rupees (3100 USD) at the Guwahati city
police headquarters, in Assam state. after Chaudhury was arrested
by police for trying to sell the horn in a local market. A surge in
poaching and demands for organs for traditional medicines is pushing
the Asian rhino to the brink of extinction, conservation group WWF
has said in a report released 14 August 2002. AFP PHOTO |
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| RIO
DE JANEIRO BRAZIL : (FILES) A picture dated 30 May 1992 shows hundreds
of people attending the Earth Show in Rio de Janeiro prior to the
opening of the Earth Summit which ran from 03 to 14 June 1992. A UN
Earth Summit will take place in Johannesburg 26 August to 04 September,
with up to 50,000 delegates expected to attend along with around 100
heads of state and government. AFP PHOTO |
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TOKYO JAPAN : Combo photos of the Geo-Cosmos, a 6.5-meter diameter
globe, showing effects of global warming from 1982 to 2100 at the
MeSci (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) in Tokyo,
18 August 2002. Red color signifies a three-degree increase in the
temperature of the air just above the surface from its level in 1990,
while black represents no change. Nearly all the globe becomes red
when the simulation reaches the year 2100. AFP PHOTO |
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| BEIJING
CHINA : Young Shaolin novice monks rehearse their moves on stage at
the Tianqiao theatre in Beijing, 18 August 2002, for their upcoming
performance entitled "Shaolin Warriors", produced by the China Performing
Arts Agency together with the monks of the Songshan Shaolin temple.
The group has recently return home after an extensive tour of North
America, showing off the Shaolin martial arts which became known internationally
through the films of late Hong Kong actor Bruce Lee in the 1960s and
early 1970s. AFP PHOTO |
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KERAN SECTOR, KASHMIR INDIA : The body of one of the seven Muslim
militants killed by the Indian army is shown to the press 18 August
2002 in Keran sector, Kupwara district, some 200 Kms from Srinagar.
Indian troops overnight killed seven Muslim militants near the de
facto India-Pakistan border in Kashmir while they were trying to infiltrate
into the Indian zone of the disputed state. AFP PHOTO |
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