Hopes fade for trapped miners
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THE death toll in a coal mine explosion in central China has risen to 63, with 103 miners still missing. The Government said yesterday an underground fire and toxic fumes from the blast hampered rescue work.
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More than a year after the Sago mine explosion that killed 12 miners, protections for miners who become trapped underground have not yet been implemented
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Rescuers battled thick smoke and   blistering temperatures on Thursday as they tried to reach more   than 30 miners trapped underground by a fire at a gold mine in   Siberia.
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Rescuers trying to reach 141 miners trapped by an underground explosion were pumping noxious fumes out of a Chinese coal mine Monday but an official said their chances of survival were &quot;extremely slight.
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There is "no remaining hope" of finding six men trapped for almost a month in a Utah coal mine alive, a federal official said Saturday.
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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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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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Chenjiashan Mine - Hopes of finding alive 141 workers trapped inside a north China coal pit vanished Monday as officials and angry relatives blamed the disaster on management&#39;s drive for profit.
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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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HUNTINGTON, Utah, Aug. 26 -- Despite three weeks of drilling and digging that have revealed no signs of six men trapped inside a collapsed coal mine, officials said Sunday that the search is continuing.
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A gas explosion in a state-owned mine in China has left 166 miners trapped underground with no means of contact. Nearly 300 miners were in Chenjiashan mine in Shaanxi province when the blast happened on Sunday morning, but 127 escaped, said state media.
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Images from a robotic camera could be available Monday to searchers trying to find six miners who have been trapped inside a collapsed Utah mine for three weeks.
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Low temperatures complicate efforts to reach trapped miners after a blast kills at least 203 in China.
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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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Despite three weeks of drilling and digging that have revealed no signs of life from six men trapped inside a collapsed coal mine, officials said Sunday the search was continuing.
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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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Two brothers have crawled to safety after being trapped for nearly six days in a Chinese coal mine, state media said on Monday.