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Rescue workers check the body of a miner who died after an explosion in a coal mine in Amaga, Antioquia province June 17, 2010
Friday, Jun. 18, 2010

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  • WALTER RESTREPO,
  • a survivor of a coal mine explosion in Colombia, on the blast which authorities fear has killed about 70 people
Photo: Fredy Amariles / Reuters | Source: New York Times