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11 miners rescued from Chinese gold mine

Eleven workers trapped in China’s gold mine for two weeks were safely brought to the surface on Sunday, a landmark achievement for the industry, which has long been devastated by disasters and high death toll. State broadcaster CCTV showed workers being chased one by one in baskets on Sunday afternoon, …

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‘What mattered was to catch them’

(Newser) – Two young brothers were saved from a fire in an apartment in the city of Grenoble, in southeastern France, when they fell about 33 feet from a window and were caught by people below. The two, aged 10 and 3, were unharmed last fall, but could have suffered …

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