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All trapped Indian workers rescued from Himalayan tunnel, say officials

All trapped Indian workers rescued from Himalayan tunnel, say officials

INDIAN rescuers pulled out all 41 construction workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas, hours after drilling through the debris of rock, concrete and earth to reach them. The evacuation of the men - low-wage workers from some of India's poorest states - began more than six hours after rescuers broke through the debris in the tunnel in Uttarakhand state, which caved in on November 12. They were pulled out on wheeled stretchers through a 90 cm (3 feet) wide steel pipe, with the entire process being completed in about an hour. "Their condition is…
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Hundreds evacuated as blaze erupts in slum next to Seoul’s posh Gangnam district

Hundreds evacuated as blaze erupts in slum next to Seoul’s posh Gangnam district

HYONHEE SHIN and DAEWOUNG KIM FIRE swept through part of a shanty town in the South Korean capital, Seoul, destroying 60 homes, many constructed from cardboard and wood, and forcing the evacuation of around 500 people. Emergency services took five hours to put out the blaze, which erupted before daybreak in Guryong Village, a slum that lies just across a highway from Seoul's affluent Gangnam district. Officials said no casualties were reported so far. Home to around 1,000 people, Guryong is one of the last remaining shanty towns in the capital and has become a symbol of inequality in Asia's…
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