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Up to 30 missing after explosion rocks New Zealand mine (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Reuters - As many as 30 miners were unaccounted for Friday after an explosion rocked a coal mine on the west coast of New Zealand’s South Island, the district’s mayor…

Explosion rocks Gaza: witnesses (Reuters)

November 3rd, 2010

Reuters - An explosion rocked the city of Gaza on Wednesday, sending up a plume of thick black smoke, witnesses said.

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Chile miners must move tons of rocks in own rescue (AP)

August 29th, 2010

Chile's Mining Minister Laurence Golborne, center, holds a pipe used to communicate with 33 miners trapped alive in the collapsed San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Sunday Aug. 29, 2010. The trapped miners half mile underground will have to aid their own escape clearing tons of rock that will fall as the rescue hole is drilled, the engineer in charge of drilling said Sunday.  (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - The 33 trapped Chilean miners who have astonished the world with their discipline a half mile underground will have to aid their own escape — clearing thousands of…

Afghan gov’t: Blast rocks Kabul’s diplomatic area (AP)

June 26th, 2010

Soldiers from A Company of the 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles meet with Afghan locals during a patrol near Nahr e Saraj village, in Helmand. A huge blast was heard in the Afghan capital Saturday as US military chief, Admiral Mike Mullen, arrived for meetings to explain the sacking of the US commander of foreign forces in the country, witnesses told AFP.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AP - An explosion hit the Afghan capital Saturday morning in an area that is home to foreign embassies and government offices.


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Strong quake rocks eastern Indonesia; no damage (AP)

June 16th, 2010

AP - Several powerful earthquakes hit eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering a brief tsunami warning and sending panicked residents fleeing from buildings to high ground. There were power blackouts in…

Strong earthquake rocks central Japan (AP)

March 14th, 2010

AP - A strong earthquake has hit central Japan, rattling buildings in the crowded Tokyo capital.

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