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2 Trapped Chinese Miners Dead, 20 Rescued From Flooded Coal Mine
Twenty workers were saved and two bodies recovered on Friday from a flooded coal mine after a dramatic rescue operation lasting over two days, officials said.
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4 Miners Rescued In China After Being Trapped Underground For 36 Days
Four miners trapped underground for 36 days in a collapsed Chinese gypsum mine were pulled out late Friday, a rescue hailed as a "miracle" in a country with a poor track record on industrial accidents.
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5 Tanzanian Miners Freed After 41 Days Trapped Underground: Ministry
Five Tanzanian gold miners have been rescued after spending 41 trapped deep underground eating cockroaches and frogs to survive, the mining ministry and survivors said today.
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He's been trapped in a Rajasthan tunnel since Thursday
For nearly six days, Narayan has been stuck in a tunnel that caved in while he was at work 40 km from Udaipur.Narayan was working as a pump operator for Costal India limited. He was helping dig a tunnel for the Dewas water project, meant to steam water via a special pipeline to the lakes in Udaipur city.When the tunnel caved in on Thursday afternoo...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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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2 Trapped Chinese Miners Dead, 20 Rescued From Flooded Coal Mine
Twenty workers were saved and two bodies recovered on Friday from a flooded coal mine after a dramatic rescue operation lasting over two days, officials said.
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4 Miners Rescued In China After Being Trapped Underground For 36 Days
Four miners trapped underground for 36 days in a collapsed Chinese gypsum mine were pulled out late Friday, a rescue hailed as a "miracle" in a country with a poor track record on industrial accidents.
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5 Tanzanian Miners Freed After 41 Days Trapped Underground: Ministry
Five Tanzanian gold miners have been rescued after spending 41 trapped deep underground eating cockroaches and frogs to survive, the mining ministry and survivors said today.
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He's been trapped in a Rajasthan tunnel since Thursday
For nearly six days, Narayan has been stuck in a tunnel that caved in while he was at work 40 km from Udaipur.Narayan was working as a pump operator for Costal India limited. He was helping dig a tunnel for the Dewas water project, meant to steam water via a special pipeline to the lakes in Udaipur city.When the tunnel caved in on Thursday afternoo...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
