Faith remains as mine search nears end
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People here believe in miracles. Small ones, where a kind word or a soft touch can make all the difference. Big ones, too &#151; like finding six men in a collapsed mountain mine nearly three weeks after they were trapped.
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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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Using picks, shovels and even their hands, hundreds of coal miners have worked around the clock for a year to recover the bodies of 65 co-workers lost in an explosion. So far, frustrated searchers have only found two.
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An explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 25 miners and left more than 100 others trapped. The official Xinhua news agency says 141 miners are still underground at the state-run Chenjiashan coal mine, while 127 escaped.
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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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REAL, Philippines  - Philippine rescuers resumed  digging at dawn on Friday, hoping to find more survivors after  four were pulled from a building that collapsed 11 days ago  during a fierce storm.
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At least 56 people were killed in a major coal mine disaster in China today and the toll may rise to 204 with officials nearly giving up hope of finding the missing 148 miners alive in central Henan province.
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Rescuers fail to find six US men missing in a mine collapse after a sixth rescue attempt, mine officials say.
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RUDA SLASKA, Poland - Hopes of saving 15 miners trapped deep underground in a Polish coal mine faded on Wednesday as rising gas levels and flooding forced a temporary break in rescue ...Comment
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The Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World concluded here Friday with 144 states that have banned antipersonnel mines reaffirming their commitments to end sufferingcaused by the deadly weapons.
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A strike at the world's largest privately-owned copper mine may be near an end after an outline deal is reached.
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Two men who sneaked into a closed coal mine to search for scrap metal to sell were rescued after they became lost about 3,000 feet inside the mine, authorities said. Crews found Franklin Johnson, 44, and Glen Edelman, 35, Monday evening, a few hours after family members reported them missing.
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KIRUNA, Sweden  - Red lines on a map show cracks  in the ground menacing Kiruna, a model town in Sweden's frozen  north which may have to be moved as the world's biggest  underground mine is dug deeper beneath it.
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A Scottish aid worker has been killed by a land mine in the Darfur area of Sudan. Thirty-four-year-old Ralph Bullick from Edinburgh was working on a project restoring water supplies to the troubled area when his vehicle detonated an anti-tank mine.
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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 Meng brothers felt pretty good about their chances of making it out of the collapsed coal mine, until the sound of digging from outside stopped.
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At least 50 miners were confirmed dead today as 20 more bodies were pulled out of a coal mine in China and search is continuing to rescue over 100 others after a fierce gas explosion ripped through the underground facility.