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The death toll from a landslide at an unlicensed gold mine on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island has risen to 12, with dozens still missing, a search and rescue official said Tuesday. The landslide occurred late Saturday in the village of Tulabolo Timur in Gorontalo province, where dozens of miners were working at a small-scale, unlicensed gold mine. Such mines are common in Indonesia, where impoverished communities often resort to dangerous and unregulated practices to extract valuable minerals. Heriyanto, head of the Gorontalo Search and Rescue Agency, said 104 people were affected by the landslide…

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