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An additional pump lowered into the mine by the fire service has helped reduce the water levels.
BBC: An archive picture of Wheal Jane
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Residents around the mine were without power, according to CNN affiliate, America Noticias, and the network showed images of a mine building on fire.
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The USS Maine, Spanish mine or coal combustion fire?
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In the attack in Chhattisgarh state's Jagdalpur district, suspected Maoists triggered a land-mine blast and then opened fire at a convoy of Congress party workers and leaders who were leaving the area after a rally, police said.
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The fire at the deep coal mine, which forced its early closure, was extinguished earlier this month.
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Police say the miners had been protesting against poor working conditions at the Collum mine on Friday when the managers opened fire at random.
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The Karen Refugees Committee, a leading refugee organization, recently said the reforms in Myanmar "signal a ray of hope for many refugees to be able to return to their homeland, " but laid down 10 conditions for repatriation ranging from a solid nationwide cease-fire to clearing the vast mine fields along the border.
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At least one vehicle at the front of the convoy was then hit by a land-mine blast before as many as 200 suspected rebels opened fire, they added.
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