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More than 50 feared killed in landslide at Myanmar jade mine

A mudslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has buried at least 54 people and authorities say it is unlikely anyone had survived. – EPA pic, April 23, 2019.

MORE than 50 people were feared dead after a landslide in northern Myanmar engulfed jade miners while they were sleeping, local police said today, the latest deadly accident in a notoriously dangerous industry. Dozens die each year in landslides caused by jade mining, a poorly regulated industry rife with corruption and sandwiched between the country’s borders with China and India.

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