Oct 12 Graphic: Chilean Miners’ Trip to the Surface By Larisa Epatko Thirty-three men have been trapped in a gold and copper mine in Copiapo, Chile, since it collapsed on Aug. 5. Starting late Tuesday, a pod painted in the colors of the Chilean flag will begin lifting them one-by-one to the… Continue reading
Oct 12 Tuesday: Rescue Approaches for Chilean Miners; Fort Hood Hearings Begin Rescue operations for the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months could begin as soon as midnight Tuesday. Below ground, the miners are preparing as well -- they've been sent shampoo and new clothes through… Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch U.S. Effort to Aid Pakistan Flood Victims Confronts Challenges As the need for food, water and shelter continue in flood-ravaged areas of Pakistan, American aid groups are running into difficulties in getting supplies to victims. Special Correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from Pakistan. Continue watching
Oct 11 CDC, NIH Condemn ‘Deeply Saddening’ Guatemala Study By Talea Miller The recent discovery that U.S. researchers intentionally infected Guatemalans with STDs in the 1940s spurred angry responses and an apology from President Obama to Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom. Now the directors of the CDC and the National Institutes of… Continue reading
Oct 11 When Economy Wanes, Politics in Europe Tend to Tilt Right Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache. Photo by Dieter Nagl/AFP/Getty Images A new maxim appears to be developing in politics from Central and Eastern Europe into Western Europe: the further down the economy goes, the further right go the politics. Continue reading
Oct 11 Monday: Chilean Miners Move Closer to Freedom; Trio Win Nobel in Economics A group of trapped miners in Chile inched closer to freedom over the weekend, as engineers worked to complete a nearly 2,050 foot-long shaft that will ultimately carry the 33 men to the surface. Officials expect to start plucking… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch Rescue of Chilean Miners Nears, but Risks Remain As rescuers prepare to evacuate the trapped Chilean miners, risks remain to the safe return of the all the men. Ray Suarez talks to Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News, who is on the scene in Chile. Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Steel Tubing to Help Pull Chilean Miners to Surface Freedom for 33 trapped Chilean miners is growing closer as rescuers finish installing steel tubing that will help bring the miners to the surface. Garent Vincent of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch Rescuers Pin Hopes on ‘Plan B’ to Free Trapped Chilean Miners Chilean authorities have been hard at work on three plans for rescuing 33 miners who have been trapped underground since Aug. 5. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports on the mounting drama and excitement as the race to free… Continue watching
Oct 08 Timeline: Trapped Chilean Miners May Be Near Rescue Site where rescued miners will be pulled. Photo by Ariel Marinkovic/AFP/Getty Images Rescue workers burrowing toward Chilean miners trapped a half-mile below the surface could possibly reach the 33 men by Friday night or Saturday and start extracting… Continue reading