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A look at South Africa's extreme move to deploy the army to fight crime, by the numbers
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's president has authorized a yearlong deployment by the army to fight crime in some of the…
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Residents turn to community patrols as illegal gold mining grows in Ghana
JEMA, Ghana (AP) — As day broke in a remote part of western Ghana, a priest, farmers and other residents combed through the forests,…
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Brazil strikes deal with Musk's Starlink to curb criminal use in the Amazon rainforest
Brasilia, BRAZIL (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday a deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink to curb the use of its…
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Peru reduces Nazca Lines park by 42%, raising concerns over environmental and heritage risks
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peru’s decision to shrink its archeological park home to the famous Nazca Lines by around 42% — an area roughly…
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13 workers kidnapped from a Peruvian gold mine are found dead
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The bodies of 13 security guards kidnapped from a major Peruvian gold mine just over a week ago were found Sunday,…
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More than 150 people rescued from abandoned gold mine
More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa's eastern Mpumalanga province. Police say three…