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BBC WorldNews report · Oct 11, 9:12 PM
Dozens of gold prospectors killed in strikes on Egypt-Sudan border, rights group says
Neither Egypt nor Sudan has commented on the alleged strikes on an artisanal mining camp on Saturday.
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Dozens of gold prospectors killed in strikes on Egypt-Sudan border, rights group says
Al Jazeera English and UPI describe the same event in different terms.
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What happened Neither Egypt nor Sudan has commented on the alleged strikes on an artisanal mining camp on Saturday.
The headline split BBC World frames it as "Dozens of gold prospectors killed in strikes on Egypt-Sudan border, rights group says". Arab News frames it as "72 killed in airstrike on gold mine on Sudan-Egypt border: rights group".
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CenterDozens of gold prospectors killed in strikes on Egypt-Sudan border, rights group says
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UPIWire story · Oct 12, 12:27 AM
Air strikes kill at least 72 prospectors in Sudan, rights group says
At least 72 gold prospectors were killed in air strikes Saturday in a border region of Sudan, according to a regional rights group.
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Al Jazeera EnglishNews report · Oct 11, 8:44 PM
Deadly air strike kills dozens at Sudan gold mine near Egypt border
An air strike hit a gold mine near Sudan’s border with Egypt, killing at least 72 people and injuring more than 50.
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Arab NewsNews report · Oct 11, 8:43 PM
72 killed in airstrike on gold mine on Sudan-Egypt border: rights group
At least 72 workers were killed by airstrikes on a gold mine on the Sudan-Egypt border, a Sudanese rights group said on Sunday, after survivors described scenes of chaos in the mountainous...
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Oct 11, 8:43 PM: Arab News joined the source map.
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