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The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) \u2014 Between 20 and 50 people have been killed in violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea, a United Nations official said Monday. The fighting started days ago and is continuing in the Porgera Valley, near the site of a landslide in May estimated to have killed more than 2,000 people, according to the South Pacific island nation\u2019s government. The U.N.’s humanitarian adviser for Papua New Guinea, Mate Bagossy, said the death toll of at least 20 as of Sunday was based on information from community members and local authorities in Enga province in the nation\u2019s mountainous inland. \u201cWe have confirmed that at least 20 people have been killed, but as per the last news that I have, it\u2019s likely up to 50… <\/p>\n

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The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) \u2014 Between 20 and 50 people have been killed in violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea, a United Nations official said Monday. The fighting started days ago and is continuing in the Porgera Valley, near the site of a landslide in May estimated to have killed more than 2,000 people, according to the South Pacific island nation\u2019s government. The U.N.’s humanitarian adviser for Papua New Guinea, Mate Bagossy, said the death toll of at least 20 as of Sunday was based on information from community members and local authorities in Enga province in the nation\u2019s mountainous inland. \u201cWe have confirmed that at least 20 people have been killed, but as per the last news that I have, it\u2019s likely up to 50... <\/p>\n

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