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41 Rescued Workers Emerge Dazed, Smiling After 17 Days Trapped in Collapsed Road Tunnel In India

UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — Forty-one construction workers emerged dazed and smiling late Tuesday from a collapsed tunnel where they had been stranded the last 17 days __ a happy ending to an ordeal that had gripped India and involved a …

Indian Rescuers Reach 41 Workers Trapped in Collapsed Tunnel for 17 Days

UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — The Press Trust of India news agency says rescuers have reached workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel and have started pulling them out. One worker has been rescued so far, the report said. The rescue …

41 Workers Stuck in India Tunnel Given Hot Meals, Rescue Operation Shifts Gear

NEW DELHI (AP) — The 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for over a week are finally getting hot meals Tuesday, provided through a newly installed steel pipe, as rescuers work on …

Rescue Operation for 40 Workers Trapped Under Collapsed Tunnel in India Enters 3rd Day

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Rescuers are working around the clock Tuesday to remove debris to extract 40 workers who have been trapped for over two days after an under-construction tunnel collapsed in northern India. Officials hope to extricate them in …

Quake Toll Rises To 116 in Turkey; Rescuers Finish Searches

ANKARA, Turkey — The death toll in last week’s Aegean Sea earthquake rose to 116 on Wednesday as rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir finished searching buildings that collapsed in the quake. All but two of the victims were …

At Least 10 Dead in Residential Building Collapse in India

NEW DELHI — A residential building that was due for repairs collapsed in central India early Monday, killing at least 10 people and trapping many others, officials said. Around 20-25 people are feared to be trapped under the rubble of …