Monday, 4. October 2004

Philippine slum stream turns into gold rush site


Hundreds of people have flocked to a polluted stream in an overcrowded slum in the Philippine capital after some residents found gold nuggets, witnesses say. A village chief said it was a puzzle as to how the nuggets got into the trash-strewn and heavily silted channel.

"It is puzzle. All we got from this before was trash," he said.

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