Australian miners trapped 14 days underground rescued (Reuters) Updated: 2006-05-09 09:21
Miners Todd Russell (R) and Brant Webb (L) hug family
members after being rescued from the Beaconsfield gold mine in Tasmania,
Australia May 9, 2006. Russell and Webb, trapped a kilometre underground for 14
days, walked out of the mine on Tuesday defiantly thrusting their arms into the
air after rescuers reached them shortly before dawn. [Reuters]
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