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Elephant beats heroin habit with detox (Reuters)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080904/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_elephant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080904/i/ra3950791380.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=e0L_YJ5rFWejNqqLFc.JXA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="An elephant takes a bath in his enclosure, August 21, 2008. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders will return home after emerging clean from a three-year detox programme on China's tropical island province of Hainan.</p><br clear="all"/>