At least 7 die in derelict Russian mine
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At least seven people have died and one  was missing after going below ground to illegally work in a  derelict Siberian tungsten mine, Interfax news agency reported  on Sunday.
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AT least nine miners were confirmed dead and rescue teams were battling to reach a further 57 trapped underground after a fire at five iron ore mines in northern China, officials and media said today.
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The final death toll from a fire at a  remote Russian gold mine reached 25 on Sunday as rescuers found  the bodies of four men, the last of the miners trapped deep  underground three days earlier.
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Thirteen miners died in an explosion in a coal mine in Siberia Thursday morning, and at least 23 among 90 rescued from the mine were injured.
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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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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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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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An explosion in eastern Ukraine's Donbass   coalfield caused by a build-up of gas killed at least 11 miners   and 28 are still missing, officials said on Wednesday.
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An explosion in an illegal Chinese coal mine has killed eight miners and left an undetermined number missing, even as rescuers continued draining another flooded mine where at least 57 men are trapped and feared dead, officials and state-run media said Wednesday.
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A methane blast rocks a Russian coal mine, killing 28 workers and sparking fears for 11 still trapped underground.
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Reportedly a fire in an iron mine in Northern China has killed eight miners and 79 miners are still unable to be reached. According to the news from New Chinese News Agency, five miners managed to escape from
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A methane blast in a coal mine in southern Siberia kills at least 21 people, Russian officials say.
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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 underground.
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MOSCOW : A blast at a Siberian mine killed 13 men in the latest disaster to strike Russia&#39;s accident-prone industry that has been chronically short of funds following the Soviet collapse.
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Colombia destroyed around 7,000 land mines on Sunday, in efforts to implement the Ottawa Convention that bans the use of antipersonnel mines, according to local reports.
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BEIJING - At least thirty-threeminers were confirmed dead and rescue teams were battling to reach a further 61 trapped underground after a fire at five iron ore mines in northern China, officials and media said yesterday.
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Polish rescue workers have battled to reach 15 coalminers trapped 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) underground at a mine in the south of the country after a gas explosion killed at least eight others.