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Party mood builds as miners prepare for final ordeal
Guy Adams: The 33 trapped miners are preparing for a jubilant homecoming, as the operation to free them enters its closing stages.
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Journalists and a clown leave mark on 'Camp Hope'
Monday, 11 October 2010
The scene at the Chilean mine is a rolling-news equivalent of Glastonbury.
White-hot battle for frozen Alaska
Monday, 11 October 2010
The fight between moderates and right-wingers for the Republican soul is being waged across the US – and nowhere more fiercely than in Sarah Palin's home state, writes David Usborne in Anchorage
Breakthrough! Now for 33 very careful rescues
Sunday, 10 October 2010
As they say all over Chile: ‘Fuerza mineros!’ - strength to the miners. Guy Adams reports.
Countdown to freedom begins for miners
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Rescuers say that they expect the first of the men to be freed some time on Wednesday.
Candidate criticised for wearing SS uniform
Sunday, 10 October 2010
A Republican candidate for the US House of Representatives dressed up in a German SS uniform to participate in Nazi re-enactments, it was reported.
What now for the miners? At the surface, a taxing new life will begin
Sunday, 10 October 2010
The men trapped underground for two months face many weeks of adjustment once they are rescued
Winning tale of superhorse gets the Disney treatment
Sunday, 10 October 2010
David Usborne: Secretariat captured US hearts with his Triple Crown victory but can he reach a new generation?
A nation united: There's more to Chile than a well-priced Pinot Noir
Sunday, 10 October 2010
The fate of the miners trapped half a mile underground, and their government's remarkably competent efforts to pull them out alive, has united the people of Chile and reminded the rest of the world that there's an awful lot more to this Andean nation than military dictators and well-priced pinot noir.
Rescuers breakthrough to trapped Chilean miners
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Escape tunnel that is expected to take miners to freedom is completed. By Patrick Bodenham in Chile.
Imprisoned for 65 days - now freedom is within touching distance
Saturday, 9 October 2010
The fittest of the 33 miners will come up first; the bravest will wait their turn until the end of the rescue, writes Guy Adams in Santiago
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