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    "All News",
    "Disaster",
    "East Asia pacific",
    "Government",
    "International Cooperation",
    "Regional",
    "World",
    "cave",
    "cave diving operation",
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  "textContent": "International cave diving specialists from several countries are joining rescue efforts in Xaysomboun as the high-risk operation inside a flooded cave system in Long Chaeng district intensifies to find the last two villagers. Xaysomboun provincial authorities requested approval from Lao immigration for six foreign rescue specialists and their technical diving equipment to enter the country, […]",
  "title": "International Cave Diving Experts Join Xaysomboun Rescue Mission as Two Villagers Remain Trapped"
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