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Five weddings and a porno: Miners’ return to normality
Since escaping underground dungeon, they have experienced everything from marriage proposals to planned film depictions.
Chile Mine Disaster
Homecoming for all but two Chilean miners
Thirty-one of the 33 miners rescued in Chile are back home after doctors cleared them, as gruesome details of their underground suffering emerged.
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Rock star miners emerge from mine to world stage
Stepping into the glare lights for their first fresh air in 10 weeks, the 33 men in wraparound sunglasses resembled rock stars more than miners.
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Chile miners recover, face celebrity status
Chile’s 33 newly rescued miners recovered from their ordeal on Thursday while also pondering the celebrity status they have gained.
World cheers Chile mine rescue
Chilean rescuers hoisted 33 trapped miners to safety on Wednesday as millions watched around the globe.
Chilean miners taste freedom at last
Pumping their fists, or falling to their knees, some of the 33 Chile miners trapped below ground savoured their first tastes of freedom on Wednesday.
More Chilean miners freed in ‘miracle’ rescue
Nine of Chile’s 33 trapped miners were hoisted to safety on Wednesday, cheering, punching the air and hugging their families after months underground.
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NUM raises mine safety debate
The SA mining sector should focus more on safety and less on meeting targets in light of the Chile accident, the National Union of Mineworkers said.
Cheers and tears as first miners emerge in Chile
Calmly stepping out of the claustrophobic rescue cage, Florencio Avalos embraced his tearful seven-year-old son and let fresh air fill his lungs.
First of Chile’s 33 trapped miners rescued
The first of Chile’s 33 trapped miners were pulled to safety in a capsule barely wider than a man’s shoulders early on Wednesday.
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Chile to start freeing miners on Tuesday night
Rescuers successfully tested a capsule to hoist Chile’s 33 trapped miners to freedom and aim to start evacuating them on Tuesday night.
Light at end of tunnel for Chile miners
Chile’s 33 trapped miners and their relatives were counting down the hours on Monday as rescuers worked to finish reinforcing an escape shaft.
Chile rescuers reinforce shaft for miners’ escape
Chilean rescuers on Sunday reinforced an escape shaft to hoist 33 miners to freedom two months after they were trapped deep underground.
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Cheers, tears as rescue shaft reaches Chile miners
Chilean rescuers finished drilling an escape shaft on Saturday for 33 miners trapped deep underground after a cave-in over two months ago.
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Chilean miners persuade authorities to send in cigarettes
When the movie comes to be made, it may be the moment to rival Humphrey Bogart lighting up a cigarette in <i>Casablanca</i>.
