Myanmar landslide toll climbs to 104

YANGON: Rescuers were searching for victims of a huge mine landslide in northern Myanmar Monday as the toll topped 100 in a disaster highlighting the perils of the country’s secretive billion-dollar jade trade.

Authorities in the remote town of Hpakant, the epicenter of the world’s production of highly valuable jade, have pulled scores of bodies from the earth since a huge mountain of debris collapsed onto dozens of flimsy shacks early on Saturday morning.