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Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP ... but ended up leaving 87 miners to die underground as authorities attempted to force them to surrender during a monthslong standoff. The tragedy at the abandoned gold ...
Illegal mining ringleader escaped during South Africa disaster with help from officers, police say
A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 survivors were rescued and ...
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No more miners trapped underground in South Africa, volunteers say
No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue teams have said. At least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have ...
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Dozens of survivors, dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
At least 60 bodies and 92 survivors had been pulled from one of South Africa’s deepest mines since Monday in a red cagelike device lowered thousands of feet underground, police said. Police are ...
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Death of Miners in South Africa a Government Failure
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the Buffelsfontein mine, after security officials cut off food, water, and other essential ...
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Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police's 'smoke them out' tactics
“The scale of the disaster underground at Buffelsfontein is rapidly proving ... rescue operation to rescue miners from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday, ...
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Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
Rescuers have sent a cagelike structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds of miners working illegally in an abandoned shaft who have ...