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5 dead after police clash with jade scavengers in Hpakant

By AFP YANGON — Five people were killed after Myanmar police opened fire on an armed mob that tried to enter a jade mine in Kachin State, state media reported Friday, the latest deadly incident in a murky multi-billion-dollar industry. The violence erupted after police blocked around 50 jade scavengers from...

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