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Landslide hits Myanmar jade mines
dpa, Published on 26/12/2015
» YANGON - As many as 50 people are feared dead after another landslide at gold and jade mines in northern Myanmar, a local official said on Saturday.
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5 dead, 7 missing after Indonesia landslide
dpa, Published on 29/10/2015
» JAKARTA -- Rescuers found five bodies after a mudslide buried 12 unlicensed gold miners in Indonesia's West Java province, police said Thursday.
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Johnny Depp no show in court
dpa, Published on 07/09/2015
» SYDNEY - Hollywood stars Johnny Depp and his model wife Amber Heard did not venture back to Australia to face a court hearing on Queensland's Gold Coast Monday over charges she illegally brought their pet dogs into the country.
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Gold-smuggling N. Korean diplomat flees Dhaka
dpa, Published on 11/03/2015
» DHAKA — A North Korean diplomat caught bringing unauthorised quantities of gold into Dhaka has left the country, officials said Tuesday.
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Government making new friends amid chilly relations with West
dpa, Published on 08/04/2015
» Diplomatically spurned by the US and Western European countries over its military coup in May, Thailand's ruling junta is looking elsewhere for friends.
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Vietnam village scores with trophies
dpa, Published on 04/07/2014
» BAT TRANG, Vietnam - With a long history of fine pottery production, Bat Trang village, about 13 kilometres from Hanoi, is a favourite tourist destination. But as well as the typical ceramic kitchenware and garden ornaments, something golden catches the sun on the dusty streets - tens of identical Fifa World Cup trophies.
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Chinese gold miner flees Laos
dpa, Published on 29/07/2014
» VIENTIANE —A Chinese firm suspected of illegally mining gold along the Mekong River in Laos has fled the country, state media reported Tuesday.
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Blind bear 'sees' again
dpa, Published on 02/08/2014
» KANDAL - Kong, a 17-year-old sun bear, raises his snout and sniffs the air. Rescued a decade ago from a hellish life inside a Cambodian karaoke parlour, Kong is totally blind. He perceives the world around him by smell.
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Doctors find gold bars in patient's gut
dpa, Published on 18/04/2014
» NEW DELHI - Surgeons in Delhi found 12 small gold bars inside a patient complaining of pain in his gut, a news report said Friday.
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Laos exports up 6% last year
dpa, Published on 18/04/2014
» VIENTIANE - Laos' exports reached US$2.4 billion (78 billion baht) in 2013, up 6% year-on-year with minerals accounting for the lion's share, media reports said Friday.
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