World Feb 24 Workers continue to dig in search for 47 missing at China mine By Ng Han Guan, Associated Press
Politics Feb 23 More bodies found in China open-pit mine collapse, 48 remain missing Rescuers with backhoes and bulldozers dug through tons of earth and rubble Thursday for 48 people missing after a landslide buried an open-pit mine in northern China. State broadcaster CCTV reported that the confirmed death toll in the disaster rose… By Ng Han Guan, Associated Press
World Apr 08 Watch News Wrap: Search Stalls for Missing W.Va. Miners In other news Thursday, explosive gasses again forced emergency crews to abandon rescue efforts in a West Virginia coal mine where 25 men died on Monday. Also, military officials said two U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq.
World Apr 06 Watch Mining Safety Reexamined After Another Deadly Disaster in W.Va. Following the deadly mine explosion in southern West Virginia, Jim Lehrer talks to two reporters about the ongoing recovery efforts, the dangers of mining coal and the state of safety standards in the industry.