Rescuers try to reach 141 trapped miners
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Beijing -- Rescue teams were trying to push through miles of rubble- and smoked- filled tunnels Sunday to save as many as 141 miners trapped after a gas explosion blasted through a coal mine in central China.
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A wall of thick smoke blocked rescuers on Monday from 141 Chinese miners trapped after a gas explosion in a coal mine in northern China that killed at least 25, and officials saw scant hope of finding more survivors.
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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  - Emergency crews worked through the early hours of Wednesday to try and rescue 15 miners trapped with little or no air in a deep coal mine in Poland after an explosion killed at least eight other men.
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Rescuers in central China searched yesterday for 88 coal miners who were missing after a gas explosion ripped through a shaft, killing at least 60 others.
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Emergency crews worked  through the early hours of Wednesday to try and rescue 15  miners trapped with little or no air in a deep coal mine in  Poland after an explosion killed at least eight other men.
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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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Rescue teams tried to reach 86 trapped miners on Friday after one of China&#39;s worst mine disasters in years killed at least 62 people, prompting calls for action by the president, state media said.
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At least 25 miners were killed following a major gas explosion at the Chenjiashan Coalmine in Shaanxi Province at 7:20 am Sunday, and 141 remained trapped underground, said rescuers at the site early Monday.
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Russian rescuers brought five miners to  the surface alive on Saturday and three others climbed out on  their own after more than two days trapped in a burning gold  mine, but hopes faded for nine others still missing.
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The chances of rescuing at least 141 miners trapped inside a coal mine in China after a fierce gas explosion ripped through the underground facility Sunday are bleak, say authorities.
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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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CHENJIASHAN MINE, China The 141 miners trapped inside a mine in northern China following a gas explosion have no chance of survival and are presumed dead, a local Communist Party secretary said Monday.
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Rescuers on Friday found the dead bodies  of nine miners trapped underground by a fire at a gold mine in  Eastern Siberia and continued to search for more than 20  others, officials said.
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BEIJING, China  - Rescuers said at least 25 miners were killed yesterday in a major gas explosion at a coal mine in north China&#39;s Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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Rescuers in northern China look for dozens of miners thought to be trapped after a fire broke out.
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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.