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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
BBC World 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". UPI frames it as "Air strikes kill at least 72 prospectors in Sudan, rights group says".
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CenterDozens of gold prospectors killed in strikes on Egypt-Sudan border, rights group says
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France 24News report · Oct 12, 1:28 AM
Airstrikes kill dozens of gold miners on Egypt-Sudan border, rights group says
At least 72 workers were killed in airstrikes on a gold mine on the Sudan-Egypt border on Saturday, a Sudanese rights group said on Sunday. The Emergency Lawyers organisation accused Egypt’...
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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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Oct 12, 1:28 AM: France 24 joined the source map.
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