Chilean miners trapped after mine collapse; miscalculated drilling delays rescue

Wednesday, August 11, 2010 A gold mine collapse in Copiapó, Atacama Region, Chile has trapped 33 miners since last Thursday. Another collapse occurred on Saturday, that provoked temporary suspension of the rescue works. Rescue efforts were first focused on a ventilation shaft, but attempts to reach the miners failed. Rescuers have been drilling into the

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The Wii, Nintendo’s next generation console, launches in North America

Sunday, November 19, 2006 Nintendo has released its newest video game console in North America. Known as the Wii, the system and games have an MSRP of US$249.99 and US$49.99 respectively. The North American release is to be followed by the December 2nd launch in Japan and the December 8th launch in Europe. Launched officially

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Singer Lou Rawls dies of cancer

Friday, January 6, 2006The Grammy Award winning velvet-voiced soul singer Lou Rawls has died of cancer at age 72, according to his publicist. Rawls sung at Game 2 of last year’s World Series. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Singer_Lou_Rawls_dies_of_cancer&oldid=439899”

Russian firefighting aircraft starts fires in Portugal

Saturday, July 8, 2006 The Russian Beriev 200 airplane leased to the Portuguese Government suffered an accident last Thursday (July 6) afternoon, after one of its engines was damaged. The accident occurred after a refueling operation at the dam of Aguieira, near Santa Comba Dão. As the aerial firefighting aircraft took off at the end

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44 worshippers shot dead at Nigerian mosque

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 News emerged yesterday that Boko Haram Islamists are suspected to have killed 44 worshippers during dawn prayers early Sunday morning in the small town of Konduga in Nigeria. The attacks were believed to be a revenge on citizen vigilante groups forming to help the government battle Islamist extremists and occurred 35km

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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not

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Kentucky lawmaker in critical condition after fight in high school cafeteria

Saturday, April 16, 2011 One of Kentucky’s newest state lawmakers, who also serves as a high school teacher, sustained a critical head injury Tuesday morning while intervening to break up a fight between two students in the school’s cafeteria. State Representative DeWayne Bunch (R), 49, was listed in “extremely critical” condition when he was taken

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Sweden’s Crown Princess marries long-time boyfriend

Monday, June 21, 2010 Sweden’s first royal wedding since 1976 took place Saturday when Crown Princess Victoria, 32, married her long-time boyfriend and former personal trainer, Daniel Westling, 36. The ceremony took place at Stockholm Cathedral. Over 1,200 guests, including many rulers, politicians, royals and other dignitaries from across the world, attended the wedding, which

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