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Saturday, 5 November 2011

45 Chinese miners rescued from cave-in

Forty-five grimy, exhausted Chinese coal miners trapped by a cave-in were rescued Saturday, ending a 36-hour ordeal in the world's most dangerous country for the industry. Eight other miners were killed in the accident.

After Thursday's cave-in, at least 200 workers dug a small rescue tunnel about 500 metres deep to reach the trapped miners, the People's Daily newspaper said. Seven trapped miners were pulled out alive Friday from the mine in the city of Samenxia in Henan province, in central China.   Full Read

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