Debris and fallen rock are impeding the progress of the rescue workers.

瓦砾和落下的岩石正阻碍着救援人员的进程。

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But just like that, the rescue workers stopped digging that night, insisting no one else was down there.

但是，救援队员们当晚停止了挖掘，坚持认为下面没有人了。

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It is likely to take almost another 24 hours before all the miners and the rescue workers, who descended into the mine to supervise the operation there, are back on the surface.

所有矿工和下到矿井中监察救援行动的救援人员全部返回地面，可能还需要24个小时。

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Survivors and rescue workers stopped for one minute on Friday to remember the hour when the earthquake struck.

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Libyan media showed wreckage of the plane spread over a wide field, with rescue and emergency workers on the scene.

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The items will be distributed by the Red Cross. The U.S.has also been using military planes to transport rescue workers and supplies.

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It took four to five hours for the rescue workers to arrive, he says.

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After-shocks, some severe, continued to affect the area, making the rescue workers' task harder and more dangerous.

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"Everyone who is here recognizes and appreciates the work being done by the rescue workers, " said lawyer Edgardo Reinoso.

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