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Two more rescued from flooded mine, 16 remain trapped

                   
xinhuanet.com
08-Sep-2008
        
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ZHENGZHOU, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two more miners were pulled out of a flooded coal mine in central China's Henan Province on Monday, bringing the total number rescued to eight, emergency crews said. Sixteen miners remain trapped in the Renhe Coal Mine in Changzhuang Township in the city of Yuzhou. The pit was flooded at 5:45 am on Sunday, when 62 miners were doing maintenance work. Thirty-eight people managed to... [read full story]                    

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