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Gas leak kills eight miners in Pakistan
At least eight coal miners were suffocated by a poison gas leak in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province Sunday, a media report said.
Updated on: Jan 4, 2009, 18:56:05 IST
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At least eight coal miners were suffocated by a poison gas leak in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province Sunday, a media report said.
The gas leak occurred early Sunday in a coal mine in the Mach area, some 50 km from the provincial capital Quetta, according to the private Geo News television channel.
A rescue team was sent to the mine to retrieve the bodies, Geo reported.
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