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Death toll rises, search resumes at Myanmar jade mine landslide site

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Hpakant, July 3 (EFE).- An accident at a jade mine that killed at least 172 people in a remote part of northern Myanmar is a sign of rampant unemployment and poverty in the country, Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday.In its latest update Friday, the Myanmar Fire Services Department reported 172 dead and more than 50 injured after Thursday's landslide at a mine in Hpakant, a remote town in Kachin state, which caught out a group of informal miners. (Camera: NYEIN CHAN NAING)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE FUNERAL OF SOME OF THE MINERS THAT WERE KILLED IN THE LANDSLIDE IN HPAKANT, MYANMAR.

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