Rescuers enter flooded Chinese mine (153 miners missing)

[Dogmudgeon]

I don't think this story -- or anything about the four other coal mine accidents this past week -- has been posted here.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iXvzQ_o0WaDZKHafrS_CcOzn0A2Q">Rescuers enter flooded Chinese mine

BEIJING — Rescuers on Sunday evening entered a flooded Chinese coal mine searching for 153 workers who have been trapped for a week, the state Xinhua news agency said in an "urgent" report.

The only vague sign of life in the vast Wangjialing coal mine, in northern Shanxi province, came on Friday, when rescuers heard a tapping sound on a drill pipe.

At least 3,000 rescuers have been racing against time to pump water out of the mine, but earlier Sunday state media reported previous rescue efforts found more water in the shaft than anticipated.

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The rescue effort comes at the end of what has been a disastrous week for China's notoriously dangerous mining sector.

Altogether, nearly 30 people have died and almost 200 are missing after five separate coal mining accidents last week.

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iXvzQ_o0WaDZKHafrS_CcOzn0A2Q">Complete story at the Google AFP press service feed.

At least 19 miners died in a coal mine gas explosion at a different mine, in Central China, on Wednesday.

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[stray cat]

1. It has been posted but nothing wrong with an update - at least 9 were rescued today

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36157561/ns/world_news-asiapacific/