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Turkey mine search ends with 301 confirmed victims of fire - CNN Sat, 17 May 2014 23:52:19 GMT

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Turkey mine search ends with 301 confirmed victims of fire CNN Soma, Turkey (CNN) -- The search for victims of this week's coal mine fire in Turkey is now over, with a final death toll of 301, Turkish government officials said Saturday. Authorities believe they have now recovered the bodies of all the workers who ... As Turkish Mine Yields the Last Body, Recriminations RemainNew York Times Turkey ends Soma mine disaster rescue, death toll 301BBC News Turkey mine disaster: police use riot tactics at protests about mine safetyThe Guardian CBC.ca -USA TODAY all 5,394 news articles »

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Opinion: Soma disaster threatens Turkey's fragile social contract - CNN Fri, 16 May 2014 15:20:54 GMT

Opinion: Soma disaster threatens Turkey's fragile social contract CNN (CNN) -- The Soma mining disaster is already the deadliest industrial catastrophe in Turkey's history. Yet Turks are unable to grieve for the appalling loss of human life. Utter shock and fury are the overriding public sentiments against the brazen ...

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Public's Outrage Over Mine Disaster Casts Harsh Light on Turkey's Premier - New York Times Sat, 17 May 2014 10:25:18 GMT

Public's Outrage Over Mine Disaster Casts Harsh Light on Turkey's Premier New York Times SOMA, Turkey — There was no one to treat in the first aid tents near the entrance to the mine, where an old woman nearby wailed, “Our children are burning!” A man and his wife, dazed from a lack of sleep, walked the muddy grounds near here, looking ...

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Protesters, police clash in Turkey amid mounting questions in mine fire - CNN Fri, 16 May 2014 20:03:00 GMT

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Protesters, police clash in Turkey amid mounting questions in mine fire CNN Soma, Turkey (CNN) -- Police in Soma, Turkey, used tear gas, plastic pellets and a water cannon Friday on protesters angry over the government's response to a coal mine fire that killed at least 298 people. Protesters chanting "Don't sleep, Soma ...

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Turkey mine disaster: Elmadere mourns lost miners - BBC News Sat, 17 May 2014 15:07:39 GMT

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Turkey mine disaster: Elmadere mourns lost miners BBC News Doan Yildarim was one of 11 men from Elmadere, a western village of just 80 families, who was killed in the now infamous Soma mine. "It is like torture for me," she says of her grief. At a crowded and chaotic news conference on Friday, the company Soma ...

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Turkey's Coal Problem - New Yorker (blog) Fri, 16 May 2014 13:51:27 GMT

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Turkey's Coal Problem New Yorker (blog) On Tuesday afternoon an explosion tore through a coal mine in Soma, Turkey, as more than seven hundred workers prepared for a shift change. The subsequent fire cut off electricity to the mine, trapping hundreds of miners about a mile beneath the surface.

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Turkey's Mine Disaster Is Worst in History, Kills Nearly 300 - Mashable Thu, 15 May 2014 11:42:18 GMT

Turkey's Mine Disaster Is Worst in History, Kills Nearly 300 Mashable Approximately 787 miners were inside a coal mine in western Turkey when an explosion and fire occurred Tuesday, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said. The mine is located in Soma, a town in the province of Manisa, around 155 miles south of Istanbul.

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Death underground The tragedy in Soma will also be felt in politics - The Economist Thu, 15 May 2014 16:30:36 GMT

Death underground The tragedy in Soma will also be felt in politics The Economist TURKEY'S prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, faces public fury after the country's worst-ever industrial accident. At least 282 miners died after an explosion at the Soma mine in the western province of Manisa on May 13th. Rescue workers battled to ...

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Turkey Ends Mine Disaster Rescue Operation After Last Bodies Found - Huffington Post Sat, 17 May 2014 15:08:45 GMT

Turkey Ends Mine Disaster Rescue Operation After Last Bodies Found Huffington Post SAVASTEPE, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's energy minister says rescue workers have completed their search in Turkey's worst mining disaster after retrieving the bodies of the last two missing miners. Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Saturday the death toll ...

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Strikes, Tear Gas as Turkey Mourns Soma Mine Victims - NBCNews.com Thu, 15 May 2014 15:24:11 GMT

Strikes, Tear Gas as Turkey Mourns Soma Mine Victims NBCNews.com More blackened bodies were pulled from the Soma coal mine Thursday, taking the death toll to 283 as Turkey launched three days of national mourning amid mounting anger over the disaster. As hopes faded for 141 others still trapped more than one mile ...