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Rescued Chilean miner sings at Elvis' home
Rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena said he was living his dream as he toured Graceland, the longtime home of his idol, Elvis Presley.Pena, who was rescued from the Copiapo copper mine in Chile last October and used to belt out Elvis tunes to lift the spirits of 32 other miners while they were trapped underground for 69 days, shot video with his cell...
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Chilean miners steal the spotlight from Cher
Pop icon Cher's hand imprint ceremony was interrupted by some very high profile tourists, the Chilean miners came in.
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Brad Pitt to make a movie on trapped Chilean miners?
Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt is keen to make a film with his production company on the tragic real incident of the 33 trapped Chilean miners.
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Rescued Chilean miner runs in New York marathon
A Chilean miner ran, walked and hobbled his way to the finish line of the New York City Marathon on Sunday, showing the passionate grit that helped him survive more than two months trapped underground.Edison Pena crossed the Central Park finish line at 3:24 p.m., with a time of 5 hours, 40 minutes, 51 seconds. The Elvis fan was draped in a Chilean ...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Trapped Chilean miners feast on meat pies
The survival of 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground and the government's unblinking effort to pull them out alive gave Chileans reason to be proud as they celebrated their nation's bicentennial Saturday."These 33 miner-heroes, with their iron will, their spirit, their fight, their strength, are an example to all of us of what it means to be C...
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Third drill to the rescue for Chile's trapped miners
Chile is sparing no expense to rescue its 33 trapped miners, mounting three separate drilling efforts to carve escape tunnels through nearly a half-mile of solid rock and collapsed mine shafts.The latest -- an oil-well drill so big it takes 40 trucks to carry it -- began arriving yesterday. The drill will be nearly 45 meters tall when assembled at ...
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Chile miners trapped underground for a month now
The families of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground, after a shaft collapsed at the mine in Copiapo, where they were working marked the one month anniversary of their ordeal on Sunday. On August 5, a landslide at the gold and copper mine in the Atacama desert caused a tunnel to collapse and entombed the men more than 2,200 feet (67.6 metres) belo...
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Chile miners trapped: Mistresses and wives clash over cash
Mistresses and wives of 33 miners trapped inside a mine in Chile have clashed over compensation claims and some of the miners may face difficult questions when they make it to the surface.The miners have been trapped since Aug 5 when a tunnel collapsed at the mine, located about 700 km north of Chilean capital Santiago. Now there is a rush of women...
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NASA called in to help trapped Chile miners
The miners trapped miles below the ground in Chile are getting to hear from their loved ones.Relatives spent the evening writing notes and sending them down a narrow tube that's been established there.The 33 miners are stuck deep below a mine that zig-zags under a barren mountain in the northern part of the country.They've been there since the mine...
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Chile: 33 miners trapped underground for 17 days found alive
All 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for 17 days have been found alive, Chile's president confirmed on Sunday.But as relatives celebrated outside the San Jose mine at Copiapo, 800 kilometres (500 miles) North of Santiago, rescue workers said it could take four months to get them out.A probe sent some 2,257 feet (688 metres) deep into the ...
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Rescued Chilean miner sings at Elvis' home
Rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena said he was living his dream as he toured Graceland, the longtime home of his idol, Elvis Presley.Pena, who was rescued from the Copiapo copper mine in Chile last October and used to belt out Elvis tunes to lift the spirits of 32 other miners while they were trapped underground for 69 days, shot video with his cell...
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Chilean miners steal the spotlight from Cher
Pop icon Cher's hand imprint ceremony was interrupted by some very high profile tourists, the Chilean miners came in.
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Brad Pitt to make a movie on trapped Chilean miners?
Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt is keen to make a film with his production company on the tragic real incident of the 33 trapped Chilean miners.
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Rescued Chilean miner runs in New York marathon
A Chilean miner ran, walked and hobbled his way to the finish line of the New York City Marathon on Sunday, showing the passionate grit that helped him survive more than two months trapped underground.Edison Pena crossed the Central Park finish line at 3:24 p.m., with a time of 5 hours, 40 minutes, 51 seconds. The Elvis fan was draped in a Chilean ...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Trapped Chilean miners feast on meat pies
The survival of 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground and the government's unblinking effort to pull them out alive gave Chileans reason to be proud as they celebrated their nation's bicentennial Saturday."These 33 miner-heroes, with their iron will, their spirit, their fight, their strength, are an example to all of us of what it means to be C...
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Third drill to the rescue for Chile's trapped miners
Chile is sparing no expense to rescue its 33 trapped miners, mounting three separate drilling efforts to carve escape tunnels through nearly a half-mile of solid rock and collapsed mine shafts.The latest -- an oil-well drill so big it takes 40 trucks to carry it -- began arriving yesterday. The drill will be nearly 45 meters tall when assembled at ...
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Chile miners trapped underground for a month now
The families of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground, after a shaft collapsed at the mine in Copiapo, where they were working marked the one month anniversary of their ordeal on Sunday. On August 5, a landslide at the gold and copper mine in the Atacama desert caused a tunnel to collapse and entombed the men more than 2,200 feet (67.6 metres) belo...
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Chile miners trapped: Mistresses and wives clash over cash
Mistresses and wives of 33 miners trapped inside a mine in Chile have clashed over compensation claims and some of the miners may face difficult questions when they make it to the surface.The miners have been trapped since Aug 5 when a tunnel collapsed at the mine, located about 700 km north of Chilean capital Santiago. Now there is a rush of women...
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NASA called in to help trapped Chile miners
The miners trapped miles below the ground in Chile are getting to hear from their loved ones.Relatives spent the evening writing notes and sending them down a narrow tube that's been established there.The 33 miners are stuck deep below a mine that zig-zags under a barren mountain in the northern part of the country.They've been there since the mine...
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Chile: 33 miners trapped underground for 17 days found alive
All 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for 17 days have been found alive, Chile's president confirmed on Sunday.But as relatives celebrated outside the San Jose mine at Copiapo, 800 kilometres (500 miles) North of Santiago, rescue workers said it could take four months to get them out.A probe sent some 2,257 feet (688 metres) deep into the ...
