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A decade on, hero Chilean miners are bitter and divided
AFP, Published on 31/07/2020
» COPIAPó (CHILE) - A decade ago, 33 Chilean miners became a symbol of hope and solidarity after surviving for more than two months trapped deep underground in the Atacama desert.
Pandemic purgatory: Irish priest in holy island virus vigil
AFP, Published on 30/07/2020
» PETTIGOE (IRELAND) - As people in Ireland endured months of coronavirus lockdown limbo, priest Laurence Flynn experienced his own private purgatory, keeping solitary vigil on a hallowed island usually crowded with pilgrims.
'Wild Boars' deal with fame one year after Thai cave rescue
AFP, Published on 21/06/2019
» MAE SAI (THAILAND) - A football team made up mostly of poor or stateless teenagers entered a tourist cave complex in northern Thailand a year ago on a day trip, accompanied by their coach.
'Cave boys' to be ordained this week
AFP, Published on 23/07/2018
» MAE SAI, Chiang Rai: Most members of the Thai youth football team rescued from a flooded cave will have their heads shaved, don robes and be ordained in a Buddhist ceremony this week, officials said Sunday.
Cave boys speak of 'miracle' rescue after hospital discharge
AFP, Published on 18/07/2018
» Twelve boys and their football coach who survived a highly dangerous and dramatic rescue from a flooded Thai cave spoke publicly of their incredible ordeal for the first time on Wednesday at a press conference that was beamed around the world.
Beware of fraudsters, Chilean miners tell Thai boys
AFP, Published on 13/07/2018
» SANTIAGO, Chile: Guard against exploitation: that's the message Chilean miners have offered the 12 Thai boys and their football coach following the harrowing ordeal of spending 18 days trapped in a cave.
Coach Ek the unlikely stateless hero of cave drama
AFP, Published on 11/07/2018
» MAE SAI, Chiang Rai: Schooled as a monk and now hailed a hero, football coach Ekkapol Chantawong is one of several stateless members of the "Wild Boars", a team whose survival after days trapped in flooded Tham Luang cave,e fixated a country that does not recognise them as citizens.
Treacherous cave rescue bid enters day two
AFP, Published on 09/07/2018
» MAE SAI, Chiang Rai: A treacherous rescue bid to free a youth football team trapped in a flooded Thai cave entered its second day Monday, with nine of the "Wild Boars" still inside after elite divers guided four out.
Kidnapper of Hong Kong heiress jailed for 12 years
AFP, Published on 16/06/2016
» HONG KONG - A member of a kidnap gang that abducted a Hong Kong heiress for a multi-million-dollar ransom was jailed for 12 years Thursday after what the judge described as a "terrible ordeal" for the victim.
Nine trapped miners rescued in Peru
AFP, Published on 12/04/2012
» Rescuers freed nine miners from a caved-in copper mine in southern Peru Wednesday, ending a seven day ordeal during which the men had survived deep underground.