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Landslide kills 162 at Myanmar jade mine

HPAKANT, Myanmar (AP) At least 162 people were killed yesterday in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, the worst in a series of deadly accidents at such sites in recent years that critics blame on the Government's failure to take action against unsafe conditions.

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