Chinese officials have little hope for trapped miners
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BEIJING - Authorities in Central China are holding out little hope of finding alive the 116 men trapped in a coal mine in Shaanxi province.
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At least 187 men are reported to be trapped underground after a mine explosion in Central China.
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The death toll from a coal mine disaster in China has risen to 64, and hopes are fading that any survivors will be found among another 84 workers who are missing.
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The death toll in one of China&#39;s major coal mine disaster is set to rise to 204 with officials nearly giving up hope of finding the missing 148 miners alive in central China&#39;s Henan province.
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Twenty-five Chinese coal miners were killed and 141 remained trapped underground a day after China&#39;s third major mining accident in less than six weeks.
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Chenjiashan Mine, China - Poisonous fumes were Monday preventing rescuers from reaching 141 miners trapped underground at a coal mine in northern China after an explosion which killed 25 of their colleagues.
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AS RESCUERS waited for a chance to enter a Chinese coal mine where an explosion has trapped workers and released toxic fumes, the government last night said about 50 workers were confirmed dead and more than 100 were still missing.
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The families of six trapped miners are "waiting for a miracle," their spokesman said, as rescuers made one last attempt to find the missing men and lawmakers in Washington announced twin probes into safety at the mine.
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BEIJING Nov 28, 2004 - At least 170 workers were trapped Sunday after an explosion tore through a central Chinese coal mine, sending smoke billowing out from air vents, the government said.
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The 141 miners trapped inside a north China mine following a gas explosion have no chance of survival and are presumed dead, a local communist party secretary has told AFP.
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Rescuers were searching for 166 workers who were trapped in a coal mine in central China Sunday after a massive explosion tore through the shaft in what could be the country&#39;s worst mining accident in recent years.
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BEIJING - A wall of thick smoke blocked rescuers from reaching 141 miners trapped after a gas explosion in a coalmine in northern China.
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More than 140 miners remained trapped in the tunnels and shafts of a coal mine in central China following an explosion Sunday that killed 25 of their colleagues, the government said.
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RUDA SLASKA, Poland  - Polish officials said on Wednesday they feared the worst as rescuers battled to reach 15 miners trapped with little or no air in a deep coal mine after an explosion killed at least eight others.
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XINMI, China -- Desperate to know their loved ones' fates, grieving relatives scuffled with guards yesterday at the scene of China's worst mining accident this year as rescue workers pulled more bodies out of a mine shaft choked with poison gas.
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There are reports at least two dozen coal miners are dead and more than 140 are still trapped in a mine in central China. Nearly 300 workers were in the mine when a massive gas explosion tore through the shaft.
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Rescue teams tried to reach 86 trapped miners on Friday after one of China's worst mine disasters in years killed at least 62 people, prompting calls for action by the president, state media said.