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Gold-hunting diggers destroy Sudan’s priceless past

by Sammy Ketz Agence France-Presse JABAL MARAGHA, Sudan (AFP) — When a team of archaeologists deep in the deserts of Sudan arrived at the ancient site of Jabal Maragha last month, they thought they were lost. The site had vanished. But they hadn’t made a mistake. In fact, gold-hunters with giant diggers had destroyed almost all sign of the two millenia-old site. “They had only one goal in digging here — to find gold,” said shocked […]

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30 Egyptians, 15 French among passengers on vanished flight: EgyptAi

CAIRO , Egypt (AFP) — An EgyptAir flight that vanished over the Mediterranean on Thursday was carrying 30 Egyptian and 15 French passengers, as well as a Briton and a Canadian, the airline said. An Algerian, a Belgian, a Chadian, two Iraqis, a Kuwaiti, a Portuguese, a Saudi and a Sudanese were also on board the flight, EgyptAir said in a statement. se/kir © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse

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