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Human Cost of Egypt's Lucrative Limestone Quarries

by Ken Bredemeier

   In the Egyptian province of Minya, thousands of men toil in
   backbreaking, often dangerous conditions in the region's limestone
   quarries. The stone they produce is an important source of cash for the
   province, but the human cost is enormous.