Last Updated: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 13:30
Crews were drilling early Wednesday to ventilate toxic gas from a West Virginia coal mine shattered by a deadly explosion, trying to make a section of it safe enough.
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 13:20
An explosion at a coal mine with a history of safety problems killed 25 workers and at least four others were missing early Tuesday more than a thousand feet underground in the worst U.S. mine disaster since 1984.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 18:48
Myanmar`s junta-run state media on Saturday blamed ethnic insurgents for an explosion that killed two people and wounded another 11 when their bus hit a mine in the country`s east.
Last Updated: Monday, January 25, 2010, 11:30
A youth was injured in a landmine blast in Akhnoor, about 35 kms from here, police said on Monday.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 00:42
A Chinese journalist has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for taking bribes to help cover up a coal mine disaster just before the Beijing Olympics, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Friday, December 11, 2009, 13:57
Nineteen workers were killed when an explosion caused a coal mine to cave in in northwestern Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported on Friday, quoting Labour Minister Omer Dincer.
Last Updated: Friday, November 27, 2009, 15:12
At least nine workers died and one missing after a deadly gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in southwestern China, less than a week after a similar tragedy killed 107 people in the country.
Last Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009, 12:06
Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a mine in northeastern China scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the toll from the country`s latest mine disaster at 104.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 22:16
Three policemen sustained minor injuries and their vehicle suffered damages when a group of Naxalites triggered land mine blast in Gadchiroli district on Wednesday, police said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 13:40
Two US soldiers and a Filipino marine were killed Tuesday in a landmine explosion on the restive southern Philippine island of Jolo, a spokesman for the Philippines military said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 13:19
At least 11 workers were killed and three were missing in a gas explosion at a coal mine in north China`s Shanxi province, a spokeswoman for the local government said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 11:15
16 bodies have been recovered from a Slovak coal mine following a fire and explosion, and four other people are also believed to have died, authorities said.
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