Chile mine disaster:
First guide shaft to reach miners
The fastest of three drills burrowing toward 33
trapped miners could reach its goal this weekend, before it starts
widening the shaft enough to pull the men up, if all goes well, by
November, Chilean officials said Thursday.
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S Korea sends aid to North
Talks start on reunions:
S KOREA: A convoy of South Korean trucks
carrying the first rice aid to North Korea in three years crossed
the peninsula’s heavily armed border Friday in the latest of a
series of conciliatory moves between the rivals.
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Pakistan flood crisis:
UN reiterates aid appeal
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Antonio Guterres called on the international community Thursday to
do more to support Pakistan, devastated over the past month by the
worst flooding in history.
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