Rival gold miners in Bolivia fight using dynamite, leaving at least 6 dead

At least six people were killed early Thursday in a clash between rival groups of dynamite-bearing gold miners in northwestern Bolivia, police said, a rare instance of territorial disputes between the nation’s mining cooperatives turning fatal. A powerful explosion thundered through the Yani mining camp as the two rival mining groups clashed over access to…

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Russians fight to clear Kursk as Ukrainians hole up in monastery, war bloggers say

Moscow’s troops were waging fierce battles on Thursday in Russia’s western Kursk region against Ukrainian forces, including hundreds holed up in a monastery, in an effort to rout them from Kyiv’s last major foothold in sovereign Russian territory, war bloggers said. Ukrainian troops stormed across the border into Russia last August and seized almost 1,400…

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