Hopes fade for China mine victims
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Rescuers express mounting fears for 86 people still missing after a gas explosion in a China coal mine killed 62.
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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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Enslaved by a rising demand for energy, China is struggling to rid itself of thousands of small and deadly mines that make its coal industry the most dangerous in the world.
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A senior work safety official saidhere Thursday morning that there is slim hope for the 148 trapped coal miners in central China&#39;s coal mine blast to be rescued alive.
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BEIJING, Oct. 21 -- Nearly 150 miners were feared killed by a gas explosion in a coal shaft in central China, the highest toll in a series of recent mine tragedies affecting the country's hard-pressed energy industry, the government said Thursday.
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Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of 49 Chinese miners killed when fire swept through an iron mine complex in the northern province of Hebei, the State Administration of Work Safety said on Monday.
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BEIJING - In what could be one of the worst coal mine disasters to hit China, at least 166 miners were trapped underground and feared dead after a gas explosion early yesterday in north-west China&#39;s Shaanxi province, state media said.
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THE death toll in a Chinese coal mine blast rose to 64 yesterday, with 84 people still missing. The explosion, on Wednesday in Henan province, was the deadliest this year in the country&#39;s mines.
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At least 56 workers have been killed and nearly 100 were missing feared dead after one of the worst coal mine disasters in China's recent history
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The death toll from a devastating coal mine disaster in China rose to 62 Friday as hopes of finding any survivors amongst a further 86 missing workers faded.
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Rescuers were hoping Monday for any  chance to enter a colliery and search for 141 Chinese workers  trapped with scant hope of survival after a gas explosion in a  coal mine that has killed at least 25 -- the third such  accident in days.
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Four workers are dead and 16 are missing after a fire at a mine in central China, as rescuers continued efforts to reach 36 miners unaccounted for after a flood in the country's southwest.
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A mine gas blast in south China has left nine people missing as 181 coal miners in an eastern province remained trapped underground more than 10 days after their pits were flooded, state media said on Wednesday.
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The death toll in a gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine rose to 64 on Friday and chances of finding 84 missing miners alive were remote, the government said.
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BEIJING -- Nearly 150 miners were feared killed by a gas explosion in a coal shaft in central China, the highest recent toll in a series of underground tragedies in the country's hard-pressed energy industry, the government said yesterday.
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Rescue teams pulled two more bodies from the rubble of China&#39;s worst coal mine disaster in years but were struggling on Friday to reach 82 miners still trapped.
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BEIJING - Chinese authorities say 141 miners trapped in an underground gas explosion Sunday have no chance of survival, bringing the toll from the disaster to 166 and making it the country&#39;s worst mining disaster in four years.