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Search ends for last two men lost in Laos cave

Thai rescue volunteers work near the cave where search operations were being wound up on Saturday in Xaysomboun province, about 120km northeast of Vientiane, Laos. (Photo: Metta Tham Rescue Facebook Page)

Rescuers called off their search on Saturday for two men trapped in a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than two weeks, as the site became unstable and survival hopes faded.

Seven local men became trapped in the cave in central Xaysomboun province on May 20 when flash floods blocked their exit as they hunted bats for food and searched for gold in old mining areas.

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