Xstrata's mine raided by rebels
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Communist rebels in the Philippines attack a large mining project majority owned by Xstrata.
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The seven forest rangers were patrolling their region south of Sofia when they came across a group of Gypsies they suspected of illegal logging. A verbal exchange quickly turned violent &#151; and then, police say, the Gypsies went after the rangers with metal clubs.
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EL-FASHER, Sudan  - The Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said on Wednesday it had attacked the Defra oil field in Block 4, one of Sudan's largest sources of crude, and kidnapped two foreign oil workers.
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Congo-based Rwandan rebels, under threat of imminent attack by Rwanda, repeated an allegation Tuesday that Rwandan troops had crossed the border in recent days to seize the vast country's mineral-rich east.
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A military pickup truck struck a land mine that killed four troops and wounded two others Sunday in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest, police said. A rebel group claimed responsibility for the attack.
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POLICE in Northern Ireland were stoned by angry crowds yesterday when they raided Republican areas looking for the proceeds of the $55 million heist at the Australian-owned Northern Bank.
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ESPINAR, Peru  - Two years ago, 2,000 people in this small town in the Peruvian Andes stormed the offices of the Tintaya copper mine, demanding its owners spend more money on social projects and the environment.
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Rebels blew up a pipeline inside an oilfield in southern Iraq in the latest in a series of attacks on the country&#39;s oil infrastructure that
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At least three miners were killed when a fire broke out in a copper mine in northwestern Turkey on Wednesday and as many as 20 others were believed trapped underground.
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XSTRATA, the diversified miner, will have to increase its A$7.4 billion (Â£3.1 billion) bid for WMC Resources if it is to succeed, analysts have said.
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COLOMBIA: In eight thunderous explosions, Colombia blew up its remaining 6,800 stockpiled land mines, winning the praise of Jordanâs visiting Queen Noor who said the move took courage given that the nation is still fighting an internal conflict.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Police in Kosovo raided the ethnic Albanian political movement behind a weekend protest that ended in clashes with police and the deaths of two protesters, United Nations police said on Monday.
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Iraqi rebels seized the centre of the city of Ramadi and attacked police stations elsewhere as US-led troops continued their Falluja assault.
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Soldiers of the Uganda People&#39;s Defense Forces (UPDF) have raided rebel Lord&#39;s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony&#39;s hideouts at Pakanyar in southern Sudan, killing 25 rebels and capturing seven others.
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Two ground-to-air missiles are found in arms caches uncovered in raids against the Basque separatist group.
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Xstrata Plc, the world&#39;s biggest exporter of power-station coal, offered A$7.4 billion ($5.5 billion) for WMC Resources Ltd. to gain nickel and copper mines.
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BOGOTA -- Sixteen peasants, including women and children, were killed Friday in a remote area in the lawless eastern province of Arauca, police said yesterday. Marxist rebels were suspected.