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The Ox and the UXO

THE 24 drill rigs Oxiana has humming away at its Sepon copper-gold mine in Laos face a unique challenge not many of the rig operators would like to have in the back of their minds, unexploded bombs left as relics from the Vietnam War. <b>Paul Garvey</b> reports from the ground in Laos.

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The Ox and the UXO

Despite being little larger than Victoria, Laos boasts the title of the world's most heavily bombed nation. Not only did the US airforce use Laos as a dumping ground for unused bombs before its bombers...

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