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23 Nov 2010 23:43

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World: New Zealand mine blast: “It is our belief that no one has survived”

  • bad In New Zealand, there was another blast in the mine where 29 people have been stuck since Friday; no contact has been made.
  • worse Here’s what authorities had to say about what happened: “It was extremely severe. We are now in recovery mode.” source
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19 Nov 2010 11:14

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World: Scores of miners missing in wake of New Zealand mine blast

  • 27 miners missing in New Zealand; we hope it’s another Chile source
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11 May 2010 10:50

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World: Russia’s deadly mine blast a major, unfortunate tragedy

  • 52 have died and 38 are still missing after the blasts source
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09 May 2010 11:16

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World: Russia’s got deadly mine blasts of its own to deal with

  • 12 miners have already
    died in the dual blasts
    at Russia’s largest coal mine last night
  • 41 were wounded in the blast, near the western Siberian town of Mezhdurechensk
  • 64 miners are still stuck,
     along with 19 rescuers
    who were trying to get
    them out source
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22 Feb 2009 10:45

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World: Mine blast in China has huge, deadly toll

  • 74 workers, at least, were killed in a mine blast; more are trapped source
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