Nations Clash Over Elephant Ivory Sale

By ARTHUR MAX , Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Environment

Kenya Wildlife Service rangers head of operations, Josiah Achoki, second from right, and his rangers look on tusks recovered from ten poached elephants in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, in this March 4, 2002, photo released by International Fund for Animal Welfare, IFAW, Tuesday June 29, 2004. The 171-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES, opens a 12-day meeting on Sunday, June 3, 2007. (AP Photo/David Ngige, IFAW)

(AP) -- A decision to be made this weekend on whether to allow the sale of 60 tons of elephant ivory is exposing rifts between nongovernment agencies dedicated to defending the diversity of plants and animals.

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