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Crews wait to resume mine search

The grueling rescue efforts at Upper Big Branch mine remained a stop-and-start operation Thursday, as authorities weighed the ...

 

Hope dims after China mine miracle

Floodwaters kept rescuers from reaching 32 miners still trapped in a Chinese coal pit Tuesday. The recovery of six bodies dimmed ...

 

Sounds heard in China mine where 153 trapped

Rescuers heard tapping sounds Friday from the pipes in a flooded Chinese coal mine where 153 workers were trapped more than five days earlier, and another rescue team reportedly heard shouts, an official said....

 

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