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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Hope runs out for Meghalaya’s trapped ‘rat-hole’ miners
July 13th, 2012 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 13 (IANS) The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team Friday called off the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped in a flooded coal pit in Meghalaya since July ... Read more...
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Special forces step up rescue in Meghalaya mines
July 12th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jul 12 (IANS) A special disaster response force Thursday stepped up efforts to rescue 15 miners trapped in a flooded coal pit since July 6 in Meghalaya, an official ... Read more...
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Seven Chinese miners killed in gas burst (Lead)
July 8th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 8 (IANS) A sudden burst of gas inside a coal mine in China's central province of Hunan killed at least seven miners Sunday, officials said.A total of 39 ... Read more...
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11 trapped miners in China still alive
July 8th, 2012 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 8 (IANS) Eleven of the 16 trapped miners in a flooded coal mine in China were alive three days after the accident, authorities said Sunday.Medical personnel had gone ... Read more...
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Trapped Peruvian miners fine, awaiting rescue
April 10th, 2012 - 10:57 am ICT by IANS
Lima, April 10 (IANS/EFE) One of the nine men trapped inside a gold and copper mine in southern Peru said Monday that he and his comrades are well and eager ... Read more...
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Nine miners trapped in Peru
April 8th, 2012 - 7:47 am ICT by IANS
Santiago, April 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Nine miners remained trapped underground in southern Peru after a copper mine where they were working caved in two days ago.The accident at the Cabeza ... Read more...
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Six dead in central China coal mine gas leak
November 16th, 2011 - 3:45 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 16 (IANS) All six trapped miners in a coal mine gas leak accident in central China's Hubei province Tuesday were confirmed as dead, Xinhua quoted authorities as ... Read more...
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Toll reaches 28 in China coal mine gas leak
November 12th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 12 (IANS) At least 28 miners were confirmed dead in a coal mine gas leak accident in southwest China's Yunnan province, Xinhua quoted rescue headquarters as stating Saturday ... Read more...
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Struggle to rescue 22 trapped miners in China
November 11th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 11 (IANS) A day after 43 miners were trapped underground following a gas leak in a coal mine in southwest China's Yunnan Province, hundreds of rescuers were still ... Read more...
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20 dead in China coal mine gas leak
November 10th, 2011 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 10 (IANS) At least 20 miners died and 23 others were trapped after a coal-mine gas leak accident occurred in China's southwest province of Yunnan Thursday, Xinhua reported. ... Read more...
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45 trapped miners rescued from Chinese coal mine
November 5th, 2011 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 5 (IANS) Rescuers Saturday pulled out the last of the 45 surviving miners who were trapped for 40 hours following an accident at a central Chinese coal mine ... Read more...
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Trapped Chilean miners discussed cannibalism
October 11th, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Santiago, Oct 11 (IANS/EFE) The 33 Chilean miners who spent more than two months trapped 700 meters underground discussed the possibility of cannibalism in the first days of their ordeal, ... Read more...
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19 trapped miners rescued in China
August 30th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 30 (IANS) Nineteen miners who were trapped in a flooded coal mine in China for more than 160 hours were rescued Tuesday, officials said.With their recovery, the total ... Read more...
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All 12 miners trapped in northeast China rescued alive
July 19th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by BNO News
DALIAN, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- Rescue teams on Tuesday successfully pulled out all twelve trapped miners from a tunnel that caved-in in the northeast region of China, local media reported.The incident occurred ... Read more...
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28 still trapped in coal mine in China (Lead)
July 7th, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 7 (IANS) Twenty-eight miners were still trapped underground Thursday while 63 others were rescued after a fire broke out in a coal mine in China's Shandong province Wednesday ... Read more...
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Rescue work continues for 19 trapped miners in China
July 3rd, 2011 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 3 (IANS) The rescue work continued Sunday at a coalmine in southern China where 19 workers are trapped, Xinhua reported.Three workers were killed Saturday when the mine in ... Read more...
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Landslide traps eight miners in Colombia
May 18th, 2011 - 8:55 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, May 18 (IANS) At least eight miners were trapped in Colombia Tuesday after a landslide blocked the exit of a coalmine on the outskirts of the country's third largest ... Read more...
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Toll in Pakistan mine blast rises to 24
March 21st, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 21 (IANS) The toll in a coal mine explosion in southwest Pakistan's Balochistan province rose to 24 Monday, an official said.At least 52 miners were present in the ... Read more...
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29 trapped miners rescued in China (Lead)
November 22nd, 2010 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 22 (IANS) Twenty-nine miners who were trapped in a flooded coalmine in southwest China were rescued Monday, reports Xinhua.The miners were pulled out of the pit around 1.18 p.m. The ... Read more...
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Kiwi Army to send robot to see if trapped miners are alive
November 22nd, 2010 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Greymouth (New Zealand), Nov.22 (ANI): The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has decided to send in a robot into the Pike River Coal mine in a bid to rescue 29 trapped miners.The ... Read more...
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China coal mine gas leak toll rises to 30
October 18th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 18 (IANS) The toll from a coal mine gas leak in central China's Henan province has risen to 30 after four more bodies were found, authorities said Monday.The state administration ... Read more...
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Death toll from China’s coal mine accident reaches 31
October 18th, 2010 - 11:54 am ICT by ANI
Beijing, Oct 18(ANI): The death toll from Saturday's coal mine gas leak in China's Henan Province has climbed to 31 with rescuers still battling to reach the six miners, who are still ... Read more...
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China mine blast kills 21, traps 16 (Lead)
October 16th, 2010 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 16 (IANS) Twenty-one miners were killed and 16 others are trapped underground Saturday in a coal mine blast in China, Xinhua reported.The blast occurred around 6 a.m. in Yuzhou city ... Read more...
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Explosion in Chinese mine kills 20, over 30 trapped
October 16th, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Oct 16(ANI): An explosion in a Chinese coal mine has killed 20 workers and trapped over 30 underground in Yuzhou City.According to Xinhua news agency, the blast happened at about 6 ... Read more...
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Chilean Miners Survived on Half a Spoonful of Tuna or Salmon
October 16th, 2010 - 3:07 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) One of the thirty three Chilean men who were trapped in a collapsed mine for sixty nine days recently shared how the men joked about cannibalism, but ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh felicitates Chilean President over rescue of trapped miners
October 15th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has written a letter to Chilean President Sebastian Pinera Echenique and conveyed his warm felicitations on the 'splendid and successful ... Read more...
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Chile may turn collapsed San Jose mine, Camp Hope into museum to boost tourism
October 15th, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 15(ANI): Chile is keen to capitalize on the new-found global attention on the country following the dramatic rescue of the 33 men from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper ... Read more...
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‘Fear of death, hopelessness, fist fights were rampant among trapped Chilean miners’
October 15th, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 15(ANI): One of the 33 rescued Chilean miners, Richard Villaroel, has painted a more complex picture of the 69-day drama than the official version which had dominated international media coverage.Villaroel ... Read more...
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Chilean Prez promises Palace to miners if they win football match against rescuers!
October 15th, 2010 - 12:04 pm ICT by ANI
San Jose (Chile), Oct 15(ANI): Chile's 33 rescued miners will form a football team to play a match against officials who helped extract them to safety on October 25, Chilean President Sebastian ... Read more...
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All 33 Miners Trapped In San Jose Mine Finally Rescued
October 14th, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
San Jose Mine, Oct 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In what turned out to be one of the biggest rescue operation in history, all the 33 Chilean miners who were stuck underground ... Read more...
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Chilean President Congratulates Rescued Miners, Vows To Enhance Mine Safety
October 14th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
14 Oct, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Now that the trapped miners in Chile have been set free the attention of the media is now turning to the long term effect of the ... Read more...
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NASA’s space-age role in trapped Chile miners rescue operation
October 14th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
San Jose, Oct 14(ANI): Engineers at the US space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), had played a crucial role in the operation carried out to rescue the 33 trapped miners ... Read more...
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All 33 trapped Chilean miners pulled to safety
October 14th, 2010 - 11:43 am ICT by ANI
San Jose, Oct 14(ANI): Sixty-nine days after the San Jose gold and copper mine collapsed in Chile, the last of the 33 trapped miners was raised from the depths of the earth ... Read more...
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Sebastian Pinera, Chilean President Attends Rescue Mission
October 14th, 2010 - 1:51 am ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Oct 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sebastian Pinera the President of Chile has dubbed the rescue operation to bring back the 33 ill fated miners from the depth of the accident struck ... Read more...
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