Rain threatens search for 2 gold miners still missing in Laos cave
A Laos rescue organization said that the water level inside the cave had receded enough for the four miners to leave with divers.
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4 more men find way through Laos cave to freedom
In Laos, four more gold miners were rescued from a flooded cave after being trapped there for over a week. Ramy Inocencio reports.
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Five men escape a flooded cave in Laos after ten days; a United flight diverts after an unruly passenger tried to breach the cockpit.
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Four more miners in Laos were freed from the cave they were trapped in for 10 days, while 2 remain missing, rescuers say. Meanwhile, uncertainty remains over an Iran ceasefire.
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Four more Laos miners who were trapped in a cave for 10 days were freed, rescuers say, while two remain missing.
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Four more Laos gold miners rescued from flooded cave
A Laos rescue organization said that the water level inside the cave had receded enough for the four miners to leave with divers.
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One Laos gold miner was brought out of a flooded cave in a perilous two-hour operation where monsoon rains have trapped a group for over a week.
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