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Rescuers fear worst for 11 trapped Chinese miners (AP)

**CORRECTS CAPTION TO REMOVE REFERENCE TO NUMBER OF MINERS TRAPPED AND KILLED** Rescuers walk out of an entrance of Pingyu Mine after an explosion in Yuzhou, in central China's Henan province, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. Rescuers battled dangerous levels of gas, tons of coal dust and the risk of falling rocks as they worked to free miners after the explosion at the mine in central China early Saturday.  (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Frantically working rescuers feared the 11 Chinese miners trapped by a deadly gas blast may have suffocated or been buried by coal dust, as loved ones kept a vigil Sunday and the death toll rose to 26 with five more bodies recovered.


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