Rescuers to resume efforts to free Polish miners
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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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Rescuers in northern China look for dozens of miners thought to be trapped after a fire broke out.
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Rescuers battled thick smoke on Monday to free 141 Chinese miners trapped after a gas explosion in a coal mine in northern China that killed at least 25, state media reported.
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Twenty-three miners were feared trapped underground Tuesday after an accident at a mine in southern Poland, an official said.
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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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The death toll was expected to increase as rescue workers continued to dig through the rubble.
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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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Rescue teams pulled two more bodies  from the rubble of China's worst coal mine disaster in years  but were struggling on Friday to reach 82 miners still trapped.  The gas explosion is known to have killed 66.
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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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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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Rescuers pumped fresh air into the smoke-choked shafts of a Siberian gold mine Friday, hoping that 21 miners were still alive a day after a fire killed at least 12 workers in Russia's latest mining disaster.
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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 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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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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Rescue teams struggled to locate  and remove the charred bodies of 54 Indian miners killed after  the roof of a state-owned coal mine collapsed following an  explosion, authorities said on Friday.
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Eight coal miners were killed after a suspected gas explosion in a mine in southern Poland on Tuesday, and fears were growing as rescuers tried to reach 15 others trapped more than 3,000 feet underground.Comment
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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.