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                                <title><![CDATA[ MCMC asks Facebook to block video of Sabah meeting approving mineral licence for Farhash-linked firm ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Revealed: Audio clip of SMM meeting awarding Farhash-linked firm mineral exploration licence for 70,000ha plot in Sabah ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 03:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Letters, meeting minutes, audio clip confirm Farhash-linked company awarded coal exploration licence in Sabah ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This is despite a denial by the CEO of the state agency responsible for mineral mining. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Indonesia, Brazil biggest culprits in tropical forest loss linked to industrial mining, study says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Mines worldwide extract more than twice the amount of raw materials than they did in 2000, the study says. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Indian coal hub juggles need for jobs with hope for greener future ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2022 01:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The climate-heating fossil fuel offers job prospects, and local economies depend on these workers' incomes, yet there is resentment over the impact on groundwater, farms and forests. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Haunted by 2019 deaths, Orang Asli fear the worst as mining activities resume ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:24 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Three years ago, the village of Kuala Koh lost 14 children after their river water was polluted by manganese mining activities – and they worry that history might repeat itself. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ The threat to Tasik Chini ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2021 00:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Once known for its clear water and lush greenery, Tasik Chini is now under threat from mining and logging activities which have already changed much of its landscape and affected the lives of the Orang Asli in the area. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Include us in Tasik Chini restoration efforts, say Orang Asli ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2021 01:00:54 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ They say they have lived in the area for generations. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Xavier’s pol-sec in MACC custody as graft probe continues ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:43:15 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Fazly Razally is one of several individuals linked to the ex-minister who are under a corruption probe. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 9 trapped Chinese miners confirmed dead, one still missing ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:01:45 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Rescue teams will not stop searching until the last miner is found although high underground water levels in a section of the mine have complicated rescue operations. ]]></description>
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