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Peru concerned about fossil trafficking
AP   Saturday, 10 February 2007

Peru's archeologist Juan Leon shows a shark fossil teeth in the National Museum in Lima, Friday, Feb. 9, 2007. Custom agents prevented the shipment of fossilized shark teeth around 12 million years old, that were going to be sent illegally to the United States, informed Friday the Culture National Institute. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)AP - Peruvian archaeologists displayed more than 400 seized shark teeth, shells and fish fossils as old as 12 million years on Friday, saying customs officials have already made twice the number of such seizures this year than they did in 2006.


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