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Saturday, December 5, 1998 Published at 22:00 GMT


World: South Asia

Rare rhinos drown


Conservationists in India say nearly forty of the rare one-horned rhinoceros were victims of the recent flooding in Kaziranga national park - the last major home of the animal.

The park is in a remote part of Assam, which has some of the heaviest rainfall on earth.

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