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Chile, divided by quake, unites around miners (AP)

August 28th, 2010 | Author: admin

Oscar Illanes, 51, brother of one of the trapped miners, Juan Illanes, sits outside the collapsed San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. The miners, who have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5, were confirmed to be alive Sunday when they were reached by rescue teams via a small hole through which they could pass messages and see the miners with a camera. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP – Just six months ago, one of the largest earthquakes in a century tore Chile apart, physically ripping the ground, triggering a deadly tsunami and leaving in the wreckage a divided society and government trying to decide whom to blame.


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