Thailand tops in illegal ivory trade
Thailand has emerged as Asia’s key illegal ivory buyer with Bangkok area craftsman Amnuay Chansonthima creating carved ivory belt buckles and Buddha statues for tourists and businessmen. A Nairobi based group Save the Elephants found 105000 ivory items for sale in eight Asian countries, 88000 in Thailand, as enforcement gaps persist.
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Ayuha Khiri
Thailand
Liverpool
Amnuay
Asia
Save the Elephants
Nairobi
Kenya
Europe
United States
Nairobi Group
Payuha Khiri
Bangkok
Cybill Shepherd Elected To Riverfront Development Board
Cybill Shepherd, 52, an actress known for Cybill and Moonlighting, is elected to the Riverfront Development Corp. in Memphis Tennessee. She will begin a three year term on the nonprofit board in July and owns a Riverfront cabin home near the Mississippi River.
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Associated Press
Cybill Shepherd
Riverfront Development Corp
Mississippi River
Memphis
Tenn
Cybill
Board of
Civic and Business Leaders
Shepherd
Today's notable birthdays at a glance
The list highlights Olivia de Havilland Sydney Pollack Jamie Farr Twyla Tharp Andrae Crouch Karen Black Deborah Harry Fred Schneider Dan Aykroyd Andre Braugher Pamela Anderson Liv Tyler marking birthdays of actors singers dancers and creators across film music and television.
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Olivia de Havilland
Sydney Pollack
Jamie Farr
Twyla Tharp
Andrae Crouch
Karen Black
Deborah Harry
Blondie
Fred Schneider
Dan Aykroyd
Andre Braugher
Homicide
Pamela Anderson
Liv Tyler
Ice Castle skating rink in Lake Arrowhead up for sale
The Ice Castle International Training Center owned by Carol Probst will be sold after 20 years of operation. The facility trained champions including Michelle Kwan and hosted coaches such as Frank Carroll and Irina Rodnina, shaping elite figure skating careers.
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Michelle Kwan
Lake Arrowhead
Calif
Carol Probst
Ice Castle International Training Center
Robin Cousins
Kwan
Frank Carroll
Carlo
Christa Fassi
Irina Rodnina
Sasha Cohen
Surya Bonaly
Nicole Bobek
Marina
Lee Shuns City Life Moves to Honolulu Farm Home
Jason Scott Lee voices David Kawena in Lilo and Stitch and prefers a quiet life on 25 forested acres in Honolulu. The film follows a lonely girl in Kauai who adopts a mischief making alien, with Lee praising his character as accepting and representative of the Hawaiian community.
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Knight Ridder
Jason Scott Lee
Disney
Lilo & Stitch
Honolulu
Lee
Lilo
Stitch
Kauai
David Kawena
Lila
Nani
Tia Carrere
David
TV host Dick Clark buys Malibu Gull's Way estate
Dick Clark, famed for American Bandstand, purchased Gull's Way a 12 acre oceanfront Malibu property for near 15 million dollars. The site features a 6600 square foot main house from the early 1970s a 1800 square foot guest house a caretaker's cottage a beach house and a pet cemetery. The property previously belonged to Pepperdine University and was donated after Luella Ulrich died in 1996.
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Los Angeles Times
Dick Clark
Malibu
Gull’s Way
Pepperdine University
Clark
Luella
Billie” Ulrich
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