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Colombia mine explosions trap 72, kill 8, president says
June 17--A coal mine explosion early Thursday in northwest Colombia has trapped 72 miners and killed at least eight workers, President Alvaro Uribe said.
17 de junio de 2010
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Eight bodies had been retrieved by Thursday morning, Uribe said.
"This is very sad news," Uribe said on the president's website. "The information I have from the minister (of mines) is that they have retrieved eight bodies. This is very grave. And I give this news to Colombians with much pain."
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