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The peasants also find, says a U.N. official in western Cambodia, that "Khmer Rouge guerrillas make fewer demands on villagers than government soldiers do." Banditry in remote areas is a major problem for peasants. The government must tax them or extort contributions to finance local security, but the guerrillas provide...
What does George Soros know that the rest of the world doesn't? When news leaked out that he had purchased a $400 million stake in the largest U.S. gold-mining company, investors piled into the market, pushing the price of the precious metal to a 17-month high two...
Despite his displays of combat fatigue last week, Yeltsin took his campaign to the Kuzbass, a mining area of western Siberia that has been a strong power base for him in recent years. He found that the miners are still on his side, but their ardor has cooled. He seemed...
The fatal shooting quickly plunged the tiny gold-mining town of Jamestown into turmoil. Reporters poured in, tabloid-TV shows pressed for details, and local supporters took up a collection for Nesler's defense. Donna Brewer, who runs a cafe next to the courthouse, said Driver "deserved what he got...
-- Babbitt will try to persuade Congress to amend the mining law of 1872, under which miners may purchase mineral rights for as little as $2.50 an acre. Babbitt will ask for a royalty on the value of the extracted minerals, with a fee schedule favoring small operators. "We ought to...