Chile Miners Trapped

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  Chilean Mine Rescue: When 33 Miners Were Buried Alive For 69 Days In Scorching Heat

  5 years after the San Jose mine collapse in Chile, the world remembers the miraculous survival of 33 miners trapped underground for 69 days.

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  Chile Miners Urge Rescued Thai Boys To Be Wary Of New-Found Fame

  As the world watched the rescue of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from deep inside a flooded cave, on the other side of the globe a group of Chilean miners followed the unfolding drama anxiously.

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  Jennifer Lopez signs film on Chilean miners

  Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez is the latest addition to the cast of The 33, a film based on the story of survival of the miners trapped for more than two months after a mine collapse in northern Chile.

• Chile miners sue government for 69-day ordeal

  Some 31 miners who endured 69 days trapped underground when a northern Chile mine collapsed are suing the government for negligence saying there was lack of security, one of them said.

• All 33 miners pulled to safety in Chile

  Two months, nine days, and eight hours after their excruciating ordeal began, the last of the 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground in Chile was delivered safely to the earth's surface, capping perhaps the most dramatic survival story in mining history. (Pics)With the entire nation rapt and much of the world riveted, the last miner, Luis Urzua,...

• Fame to affect adjustments for miners

  The ordinary miners are long gone, left behind in another lifetime. The 33 men who are expected to emerge from Chile's San José Mine after more than two months trapped underground are now icons, national heroes, global media stars. And that mixed status -- celebrities as well as survivors, equal parts victors and victims -- will alter the usu...

• Chile rejoices as capsule brings 22 miners to freedom

  Each time the red, white and blue capsule rose smoothly out of the hole in the earth on Wednesday and another miner emerged safely, to applause and the waiting arms of his family, the scene replayed all around world with a joy that never seemed tired. (See Pics)By mid-afternoon here, the precarious operation to hoist to the surface 33 miners who we...

• Chile rescue mission underway

  To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last early on Wednesday, 68 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground.  (See pics)Eight men were pulled out in the first few hours of the apparently problem-free operation in the Chi...

• Javier Bardem to star in movie about Chilean miners

  Javier Bardem is lined up to star in an upcoming movie about the Chilean miners who are set to be freed after being trapped underground for 67 days.

• First ray of light reaches trapped Chile miners

  After more than two months trapped deep in a Chilean mine, 33 miners were tantalisingly close to rescue on Sunday.Drillers have completed an escape shaft, and Chile's mining minister says a video inspection shows the hole's walls are firm enough to allow the men to be hoisted out as early as Wednesday.Officials said late on Saturday that workers fi...

• Chileans hope to begin rescue of miners on Wednesday

  After more than two months trapped deep in a Chilean mine, 33 miners are enjoying Sunday tantalizingly close to rescue. Drillers have completed an escape shaft, and Chile's mining minister says a video inspection shows the hole's walls are firm enough to allow the men to be hoisted out as early as Wednesday.Officials said late Saturday that workers...

• Drill gets through to escape shaft to rescue miners

  They wept, they cheered, sirens blared and a bell at a makeshift schoolhouse rang in celebration. Mounted polices patrol the surrounding area of the San Jose mine. After nearly two months of waiting, the moment had finally arrived. At 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, here in a camp in this scorching desert, a powerful drill pierced through abrasive volcanic ...

• Chile: Rescue workers conduct rehearsal to evacuate trapped miners

  Officials in Chile conducted a rehearsal of evacuation procedures on Thursday in anticipation of the day when 33 trapped miners begin to be brought to the surface.Once above ground, the miners will be evaluated for approximately 45 minutes to an hour, before being moved by helicopter to a 'stabilisation area' where they can be reacclimatised to lif...

• Drillers pass halfway mark toward trapped Chilean miners

  Drillers have passed the halfway mark in their most advanced evacuation shaft toward 33 men who have been trapped deep underground in a Chilean mine since August, officials said.     The operation, referred to as "Plan B" by rescuers, has dug down 333 meters, more than halfway toward its objective of 630 meters, said Andres Soug...

• Chile: Rescue 'capsule' for trapped miners arrives at mine

  Chilean officials said the rescue of 33 miners trapped in the San Jose mine in the Atacama desert since August 5th, could take place as early as November.Health Minister Jaime Manalich said all precautions are in place to treat the miners once they are removed from the cave where they have been living for more than fifty days.Manalich said the proc...