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Iran crisis fuels a crude war in Myanmar

Myaing, Myanmar: Myanmar's small-scale oil prospectors are under fire from all sides as rebels and the military battle to capture a cottage industry increasingly lucrative amidst the Middle…

Iran crisis fuels a crude war in Myanmar
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Myaing, Myanmar: Myanmar's small-scale oil prospectors are under fire from all sides as rebels and the military battle to capture a cottage industry increasingly lucrative amidst the Middle East energy shock."As long as we work here, bad luck can kill us," said Htun Aung, a worker on an artisanal oil well in Myanmar's arid heartlands.Also read | Jensen Huang case: Nvidia CEO love affair scandal revives push for tougher US…

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