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Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide Leaves At Least 12 People Dead
Rescue teams search for the bodies of miners killed in a landslide in a jade mining area in Hpakant, in Myanmar's Kachin state, Nov. 24, 2015.
<p>At least 12 people have died in a landslide Tuesday in northern Myanmar&rsquo;s jade mining region. The tragedy hit Kachin state&rsquo;s Hpakant town just five months after a similar incident there left dozens of people missing.</p>
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Dozens Feared Dead In Second Landslide In Myanmar's Jade Mining Region
The Huffington Post   26 December 2015   Myanmar   Hpakant  
STR/AFP/Getty Images Dozens were feared dead after the new landslide in the jade-mining region of Hpakant.
<p>YANGON, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Dozens of people were feared dead in Myanmar after a landslide hit a jade mining region, workers at a local mining firm said, the second such incident in just over a month.<br />The landslide took place on Friday in Hpakant in ...
At least 90 dead in huge jade mine landslide in Myanmar, officials say
abc.net.au   22 November 2015   Myanmar   Hpakant  
Miners dig for raw jade stones
<p>At least 90 people have been killed in a huge landslide while searching for precious jade in a remote mining area of northern Myanmar, officials say. "We found 79 dead bodies on November 21 (and) 11 today so the total so far is 90," said Nilar Myint, an ...