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Siberian coal mine blast kills at least 35 »

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From the article: "An explosion at a Siberian coal mine killed at least 35 people on Thursday, emergency officials said, weeks after 110 miners died in a blast at a neighboring mine operated by the same company. A spokeswoman for Russia's Emergencies Ministry said three people were still missing at the Yubileynaya pit, in the Kemerovo region of western Siberia, about five hours after a methane blast tore through the mine."

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GregD
May 24, 2007, 8:44 a.m.
I can only imagine the working conditions some of these folks see on a daily basis, simply to bring home a paycheck.
My thoughts are with all of these families...
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leftyrh
May 24, 2007, 8:11 p.m.
its sad to say that a billionaire would not invest the resources for improving the safety of the mines he controls. It shows me that the rich get richer off the sweat and "blood" of their workers.
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WCFIELDS
May 24, 2007, 10:13 p.m.
Very Bad. No doubt these deaths were unnecessary.