Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Miners' families wait as initial rescue efforts fail in Utah
NEWS
4 more U.S. soldiers killed; 5 more Iraqi ministers boycott government
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Four more U.S. soldiers were killed in roadside bombings in the Baghdad
area, including three in a single strike, the military said Tuesday,
raising to at least 19 the number of troop deaths in the first week of
August.
Britain confirms foot-and-mouth in 2nd herd
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Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said Tuesday tests had confirmed a
second foot-and-mouth outbreak in southern England as he awaited an
initial report into biosecurity at a vaccine laboratory suspected of
being at the center of
the cases.
Miners' families wait as initial rescue efforts fail in Utah
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Rescue crews were drilling into solid coal and hammering through
concrete
walls Monday to get to six miners in a Utah mine that collapsed and
trapped
the men 1,500 feet below ground.
