Mine rescue under way in Russia
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At least five miners are killed by an explosion that leaves dozens trapped in a Siberian coal mine.
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BEIJING Chinese rescuers a thousand feet underground have struggled closer today to a section of a collapsed mine shaft where they hoped to find 71 coal miners missing in a gas explosion.
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Gold miners on  Russia&#39;s Kamchatka peninsula contend with volcanic eruptions,  floods and poor infrastructure, but high metal prices mean the  hard work pays off.
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Polish rescue workers have battled to reach 15 coalminers trapped 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) underground at a mine in the south of the country after a gas explosion killed at least eight others.
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At least five miners were killed and 14  injured in a blast in a coal mine in Russia's Siberia, a  government spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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The death toll from a methane blast at a  Siberian coal mine on Thursday has risen to 35 with three  people still missing, a spokeswoman for Russia&#39;s Emergencies  Ministry said.
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BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - A Russian-US crew lifted off on a two-day journey to the international space station, where their first priority will be to fix a broken generator.
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MOSCOW, May 24 -- For the second time since mid-March, a devastating explosion ripped through a Siberian coal mine Thursday killing dozens of workers and renewing questions about the safety of Russia's mining industry.
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Rescuers recovered the bodies of nine  miners after an explosion in a coal mine in eastern Ukraine on  Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the emergencies services said.
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At least five miners were killed and 14 injured in a blast in a coal mine in Russia's Siberia, the Emergencies Ministry said on Thursday.
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Rescuers found the bodies of at least 11  miners trapped underground by a fire at a gold mine in Eastern  Siberia and searched for more than 20 missing, officials said  on Friday.
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Although rescuers are hoping to be able to enter the mine today, officials believe there is very little hope of finding survivors.
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RUDA SLASKA, Poland  - Rescue workers planned to resume efforts early on Thursday to reach 15 miners trapped underground in a Polish coal mine, but local media said it may be too late to save them.
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At least 10 people were killed and 23 injured when a mine in the southern Siberian region of Kemerovo exploded Thursday morning. The blast tore through the coal mine at about 9:30 am local time, with about
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Russia will file a claim to the gigantic mineral wealth of the Arctic seabed with the United Nations by the end of the year, Russia's natural resources minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
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At least 13 miners were killed and 23 injured in a coal mine blast in Russia&#39;s western Siberian region of Kuzbass on Thursday, media reports said.
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More than 40 miners who were trapped underground Wednesday by a fire in an Australian gold mine have been rescued, local media reported.