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  • May 30

    Laos Cave Rescue: Four More Miners Freed After 10 Days Trapped Underground, Two Still Missing

    International dive teams extracted four more miners from a flooded cave in central Laos on Saturday, bringing the total rescued to five, while the search continues for two men still missing deep inside the treacherous, water-filled tunnels.

  • 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.

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