Around 100 people were feared dead after an illegal gold mine collapsed after heavy rain in 2010.

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As it witnessed in 2009, when Mr. Borel brought the gelding Mine That Bird from dead-last to win the Kentucky Derby, Louisville knows that success doesn't come at a consistently breakneck pace.

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Platinum has been underpinned by labor-related supply worries since a strike at No. 3 producer Lonmin last month resulted in tragedy when police shot dead 34 protesters at the Marikana mine on Aug. 16, claiming self-defense.

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Three of the soldiers were killed immediately when their vehicle hit a mine and another was pronounced dead at the British military base, Camp Bastion.

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On my first day as a copy editor I opened mine to be greeted by a dead rat.

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There was outrage last August when police shot dead 34 striking miners at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa's North West province.

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Earlier this month Massey was thrust into the national spotlight after an explosion at its Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia that left 29 dead.

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Each day, 300 million gallons of polluted mine water enters Pennsylvania streams and rivers, turning many of them into dead zones unable to support aquatic life.

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South Africa's police are under scrutiny for other cases of violence, such as the Aug. 16 shooting into a crowd of mine protesters armed mostly with machetes and sticks, which left 34 people dead.

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