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Breakthrough in fingerprinting poached ivory

Lifting poacher prints from tusks; Russian plane crash; Afghan teen sets up a school

New fingerprint powders means it is now possible to retrieve poachers’ fingerprints from ivory.

Aviation expert Chris Yates discusses the latest theories surrounding the Russian plane crash in Egypt.

Aziza Rahimzada is 14 and has set up set up a makeshift school for young children in a very poor area of Kabul.

(Photo: A pile of illegal elephant ivory at the Kenya Wildlife Services headquarters in Nairobi. Credit: AFP)

50 minutes

Last on

Tue 3 Nov 201504:06GMT

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  • Tue 3 Nov 201504:06GMT