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Wed 07 Jul 2008Hopes fade for 29 trapped Chinese miners
Seven Chinese coal miners have been confirmed dead in a flooded pit as hopes dimmed of finding 29 trapped colleagues alive, state media said today.
The disaster is the most recent in a grim series of accidents to blight China's coal mining industry, the deadliest in the world, as mine owners push production beyond safety limits in the face of huge demand and soaring profits.
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