Chile ‘Miracle 33′ miners to start souvenir brand
July 30th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Santiago, July 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The `miracle 33` is the way that the 33chilean miners have chosen to remember their unlucky fate after they got stuck while mining in San Jose in ... Read more...
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14 miners who survived Chile’s 2010 accident seek retirement
July 4th, 2011 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Santiago, July 4 (IANS/EFE) Fourteen of the 33 miners who last year were trapped for 70 days in a mine in northern Chile have requested that the government allow them ... Read more...
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Chile’s Atacama desert to be simulator for Mars mission
December 27th, 2010 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Santiago, Dec 27 (IANS/EFE) Scientists from Chile and other countries will build a base in the Atacama desert, the most arid in the world, with the aim of simulating a space colony, ... Read more...
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Chile’s prisons are like garbage cans: official
December 27th, 2010 - 9:37 am ICT by IANS
Santiago, Dec 27 (IANS/EFE) An official of Chile's Catholic Church has said jails in the country are like "garbage cans", referring to the overcrowded conditions in most of them."Our prisons are perfect ... Read more...
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Chilean miners’ rescue shaft hits problem
September 2nd, 2010 - 7:21 am ICT by IANS
Santiago, Sep 2 (DPA) The rescue of 33 workers trapped in a mine in northern Chile for nearly a month might take longer than expected after work on the rescue shaft hit ... Read more...
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Plane carrying six crashes in quake-hit Chile
March 2nd, 2010 - 2:25 am ICT by BNO News
SANTIAGO, CHILE (BNO NEWS) -- A plane carrying six passengers crashed on Monday afternoon in central Chile near the town of Tomé, local media reports said.The plane was carrying five members of ... Read more...
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British company discovers uranium in Chile
April 4th, 2008 - 5:56 pm ICT by admin
Santiago, April 4 (IANS) A British company has found huge reserves of uranium deposits in southern Chile's Bio Bio region, Spain's EFE news agency EFE reported Friday. The Britain-based company U308 Holdings ... Read more...
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