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Rescue crews waited impatiently outside one of New Zealand's largest coal mines Friday night for the all-clear to begin a search for 27 men missing after a powerful gas explosion struck deep underground.

There is little hope of finding alive 11 missing coal miners trapped after a gas leak in central China that already killed 26 people, state media said Monday of the country's latest mining disaster.

A gas explosion Saturday killed at least 20 workers at a coal mine in central China, state media reported.

Some of the 33 men are set to leave the hospital just a day after their dramatic rescue from deep below ground. Chile's president says an investigation into the mine disaster has begun and promises sweeping changes in workplace rules.Just a day after 33 Chilean miners were freed from their underground prison, they were in good health overall, officials said Thursday, with some of the men set to be released from the hospital by the end of the day.

One by one, the miners who have been trapped under 2,000 feet of rock in northern Chile for more than two months were being pulled to the surface Wednesday in a special capsule, then embraced by emotional family members as the end of their saga was beamed live around the world.

After more than two months trapped deep in a Chilean mine, 33 miners were tantalizingly close to rescue on Sunday and officials said they were ...

Completion of an escape shaft sets off cheers among the men's families at 'Camp Hope.' Officials now must decide among three rescue plans. Rescuers with a powerful drill broke through to the underground chamber where 33 Chilean miners have been stranded since Aug. 5, signaling that the end to their ordeal could be near.

One of three shafts being drilling down to the 33 men trapped in a mine in Chile should reach them by Saturday, the country's mining minister has said. Laurence Golborne said the T-130 drill, known as "plan B", had already carved through 535m (1755ft) ...

They get laundry service, TV, three hot meals a day and even ice cream for dessert. Everyday life for the 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground ...

Rescuers are dubbing the cage that will be used to haul 33 trapped miners back to the surface the "Phoenix Capsule" and say they will take delivery of the first one Saturday afternoon.