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Chile Miners' Cannibalism, Suicide Claims Slammed

AP | EVA VERGARA | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANTIAGO, Chile — Chileans directly involved in saving 33 trapped miners last year rejected claims on Monday that the men seriously considered s...

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Four Colorado Drillers Return Home To Heroes' Welcome

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — Four Colorado men who helped free 33 trapped Chilean miners have returned home to a heroes' welcome. About 40 people cheered at Denver...

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Chile Mine Rescue To Begin Late Tuesday

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — The first of 33 men was rescued Tuesday night after 69 days trapped in a collapsed mine, pulled to fresh air and freedom ...

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Brad Pitt, Chilean Miner Movie Producer? Plan B Reportedly Negotiating Rights

Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Pitt is negotiating the film rights for the Chilean miners' story, according to a Chilean paper. In addition, the Chilean miners may be negotiati...

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Chile Miners KILLED Weeks After Mine Rescue

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just two weeks after a dramatic rescue of 33 miners in Chile, two miners have been killed in the same region, reports the AP. Said Mariano Garrido of ...

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Chile Miners Watch Live Soccer Match, Battle Infections

AP | PETER PRENGAMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — Rescuers have sent down antibiotics and ointments and were working Tuesday to blast cool, dry air to 33 miners trapped a ...

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Chilean Miners: Family Survives Quake, Now Husband Trapped In mine

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — Just six months ago, one of the largest earthquakes in a century tore Chile apart, physically ripping the ground, trigger...

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Chile Miners Return For Mass Near Rescue Site

AP | FRANKLIN BRICENO and EVA VERGARA | Posted 05.25.2011

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COPIAPO, Chile — Carlos Bugueno is out of the collapsed mine but still lives in close quarters, sharing his small wood-and-tin house with 16 rel...

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Shh! Chile Miners Keeping Mum

AP | VIVIAN SEQUERA | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — Three days after 33 men were sealed deep within a gold mine, Andre Sougarret was summoned by Chile's president. The Chil...

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Why Is Chile Better Than China?

Saad Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

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How is it that China, the world's second largest economy, is unable to rescue its miners and lose thousands of people each year in those accidents?

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What the Chilean Miners Can Teach Us About Hope

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

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Even in the darkest places, it is possible to find freedom: freedom from fear, freedom from negativity, freedom from aggression and brutality.

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Chilean Miners' Book Already Sold

thebookseller.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Investigative journalist Franklin has lived in Chile for 16 years, and so has an extensive base of contacts. He is the only print journalist offered f...

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Chile Mine Update

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — The last of the Chilean miners, the foreman who held them together when they were feared lost, was raised from the depths...

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Miners' Kin Struggle With Jealousy, Rivalries

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — The first of 33 men was rescued Tuesday night after 69 days trapped in a collapsed mine, pulled to fresh air and freedom ...

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Jimmy Sánchez, 19-Year-Old Trapped Chile Miner: 'God Wanted Me To Stay Here'

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 05.25.2011

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A tense two-month odyssey is finally nearing an end for 33 Chilean miners trapped underground. The first miners should be extracted on Wednesday, the ...

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How My Father Survived Chile's Mines

Stacy Torres | Posted 05.25.2011

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Until recently the dangers my father described seemed a relic of Chile's distant past.

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Tense Final Hours Ahead For Chilean Miners

AP | FRANK BAJAK and VIVIAN SEQUERA | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — A smooth-walled path to daylight awaited 33 trapped miners Sunday as they entered the tense final hours of a two-month od...

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Jeff Hart, Chile Mine Driller From Denver, Becomes Rescue Hero

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — Jeff Hart was drilling water wells for the U.S. Army's forward operating bases in Afghanistan when he got the call to fly...

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Trapped Chilean Miners Near Rescue, Changed By Their Time Underground

Wall Street Journal | MATT MOFFETT | Posted 05.25.2011

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TIERRA AMARILLA, Chile-- Fifty miles from a rescue operation poised to extract 33 miners trapped deep underground, Emilio Gonzalez pondered the fate o...

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Chile Miners May Be Removed Next Week As Escape Shaft Nears Completion

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — Drillers neared the lower reaches of a gold and copper mine where 33 men have been trapped for more than two months, prep...

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Chile Mine Rescue Speeds Up After 2 Months, Cheering Families

AP | VIVIAN SEQUERA | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — The families of 33 trapped miners are in high spirits after a surge in the drilling of escape tunnels raised hopes that t...

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Trapped Chile Miners Get More Than 1,000 Job Offers

AP | EVA VERGARA and VIVIAN SEQUERA | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's 33 trapped miners have something good to think about: their next jobs. Bulldozer driver, mechanic, electrician. And he...

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WATCH: Chile Mine Video Gives Tour Of Trapped Miners' Refuge

Posted 05.25.2011

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COPIAPO, Chile (Associated Press)- The first video released of the 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean copper mine shows the men stripped to the waist an...

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How 2 Days Of Rations Stretched More Than 2 Weeks In Collapsed Mine

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

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COPIAPO, Chile — Put on a show. Play cards. Sing. Get exercise. And whatever you do, don't get too fat to squeeze through the escape tunnel. Ch...

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