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  • May 30

    Laos cave rescue: Four trapped gold miners walk out on their own after 10 days underground

    Four men trapped for 10 days in a flooded cave in central Laos stunned rescuers by emerging on their own Saturday, a day after the first survivor was pulled out. Two others remain missing deep inside the tunnel system.

  • May 28

    Race to Rescue Five Gold Miners Found Alive in Flooded Laos Cave as Two Still Missing

    Rescuers have located five villagers alive in a flooded cave in Laos more than a week after they were trapped, but the operation to extract them is hampered by dangerously narrow passages and a critical shortage of oxygen.

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