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Death toll reaches 299 in Turkish mine disaster
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People mourn in a graveyard on May 16, 2014 in the western town of Soma. (Photo: AFP - Bulent Kilic) People mourn in a graveyard on May 16, 2014 in the western town of Soma. (Photo: AFP - Bulent Kilic)

The death toll in Turkey’s worst ever mining disaster rose to 299 on Saturday as a new fire hampered rescue attempts, the energy minister said. Taner Yildiz told reporters that three miners were still thought to be underground based on families’ testimonies while 485 miners have either escaped or been rescued since Tuesday’s mine blast and fire in the western town of Soma. A new fire broke out Saturday in another section of the mine, about 250 meters (820 feet) away from where the miners are trapped, creating further (...)

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#police fire #tear_gas at Turkish #mine mourners
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People mourn in a graveyard on May 16, 2014 in the western town of Soma after an explosion and a fire in a coal mine killed at least 284 workers three days ago. (Photo: AFP - Bulent Kilic) People mourn in a graveyard on May 16, 2014 in the western town of Soma after an explosion and a fire in a coal mine killed at least 284 workers three days ago. (Photo: AFP - Bulent Kilic)

Turkish riot police fired tear gas Friday at thousands of protesters at the scene of a #Disaster that killed nearly 300 miners, as the government faced a worsening political backlash. Police used tear gas, water cannon and plastic bullets to attack demonstrators chanting anti-government slogans in the western town of Soma, where at least 284 people (...)

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Death toll in Turkish #mine collapse rises past 200
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A woman cries as she waits for a news on May 14, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Bulent Kilic) A woman cries as she waits for a news on May 14, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Bulent Kilic)

The death toll from an explosion and fire in a Turkish coal mine rose above 200 on Wednesday as rescue workers continued retrieving the dead and injured more than 12 hours after the #blast, the country’s energy minister said. Hundreds more were still believed to be trapped in the mine in Soma, around 120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of the Aegean coastal city of Izmir, and the death toll could rise further, Taner Yildiz told reporters at the scene. read (...)

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