Escape

Rescuer lowered down to prepare miners’ escape (AP)

October 12th, 2010

Rescue workers and officials test the rescue capsule that will be used to extract the 33 trapped miners one by one at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010. The first of 33 trapped miners is expected to be lifted to the surface late Tuesday after surviving more than two months below ground. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - A rescue worker has finally entered the chamber where 33 trapped miners await their escape to the outside world.


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Escape shaft nearly reaches Chile’s trapped miners (AP)

October 8th, 2010

Elizabeth Segovia, sister of trapped miner Dario Segovia, sits a the camp where relatives wait for the rescue of the miners outside the San Jose mine, Copiapo, Chile, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. Chile's mining minister says that just 130 feet (39 meters) remain before a drill breaks through to reach the chamber in the collapsed gold and copper mine where 33 trapped miners have waited more than two months to be rescued. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Drillers neared the lower reaches of a gold and copper mine where 33 men have been trapped for more than two months, preparing Friday for a breakthrough that…

Chile sees ‘great day’ with escape shaft near done (AP)

October 8th, 2010

A relative of one of the 33 miners trapped lights a candle during a vigil outside the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The miners have been trapped deep underground in the copper and gold mine since it collapsed on Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Excitement grew Friday outside the mine where 33 men have been trapped for more than two months, as a drill carving an escape shaft pushed through the final…

Malaysia deports Singaporean terrorist suspect (AP)

September 24th, 2010

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, right, and Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak give a press briefing after bilateral meetings to address long standing issues between the two countries, at the Istana, or Presidential Palace, on Monday Sept. 20, 2010 in Singapore.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)AP - Malaysia deported a Singaporean terrorist suspect Friday nearly 18 months after he was captured while on the run after staging a dramatic escape from a high-security prison in…

25 slain in Mexican city; 85 escape border prison (AP)

September 11th, 2010

A crime scene investigator points his flashlight at a body in front of a home in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, early Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. According to eyewitness accounts at the scene, gunmen opened fire from a car at people standing outside a house, killing five and injuring two. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP - Gunmen killed 25 people in a series of drug-gang attacks in Ciudad Juarez, marking the deadliest day in more than two years for the Mexican border city. Farther…

4 Iraqis escape from US custody in Baghdad prison (AP)

September 9th, 2010

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pictured in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil on August 8. Plans by a Florida church to burn Korans on the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks could be used by extremists as a AP - Four prisoners with links to al-Qaida have escaped from the U.S.-controlled part of a maximum-security prison in Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Thursday.


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Clone High Episode 1 Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand (Part 2/3) (HQ)

September 8th, 2010

Underrated but not forgotten, Clone High stands atop my pedestal as one of the best cartoons to have ever been my pleasure to enjoy. Hopefully others share my enthusiasm for…

2 Marines killed during Afghan prisoner escape bid (AP)

August 9th, 2010

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, a Marine carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Paul J. Miller at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Miller, of Traverse City, Mich., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. NATO announced Friday, July 30, 2010 that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - Two U.S. Marines were killed during an attempted prisoner escape at the weekend in southern Afghanistan.


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Iraqi minister says 4 al-Qaida inmates escape jail (AP)

July 22nd, 2010

FILE - In this Thursday, July 15, 2010 file photo, Iraq's Minister of Justice Dara Noureddin, left, and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jerry Cannon, right, hold a symbolic key to the US Theater Internment Facility at Camp Cropper during a ceremony transferring the facility to Iraqi control in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's justice minister says four al-Qaida-linked detainees have escaped from the Baghdad area prison that was handed over by the U.S. to Iraqi authorities a week ago. (AP Photo / Maya Alleruzzo, File)AP - Four al-Qaida-linked detainees have escaped from a Baghdad area prison that was handed over by the U.S. to Iraqi authorities a week ago, Iraq’s justice minister said Thursday…

‘Great love’ led to daring Auschwitz escape (AP)

July 20th, 2010

AP - With every step toward the gate, Jerzy Bielecki was certain he would be shot.

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