Russian Mine Blast Kills 38
All the miners in a Russian coal mine when methane gas exploded Thursday morning have been accounted for, with 38 dead and seven injured.
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May 24, 2007Siberia
38,000 Hectares of Forest on Fire in Russia
About 38,000 hectares of the forest are on fire in the Russian Far East, Siberia and the Volga-Urals region.
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May 8, 2007- Posted in: Russia, Disaster & Accident, Nature & Environment, Fire, Forest Fire, Siberia, Far East
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Extraterrestrial Artifacts Discovered in Siberia
Scientists from the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk claim that they have discovered several artifacts with extraterrestrial writings near the fall site of the Tunguska meteorite, the Regnum news agency reports.
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April 19, 2007- Posted in: Russia, Science & Technology, Siberia, Research, UFO
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Safety Systems Disabled Before Lethal Coal Mine Blast
A system designed to prevent miners working in unsafe conditions was knowingly switched off before a gas blast at a Russian colliery that killed more than 100 miners last month, the Reuters news agency reported quoting official statement by the state safety watchdog.
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April 17, 2007Russian Watchdog Promises New Checks for East Siberian Oil Fields
Russia’s mineral resources watchdog Rosprirodnadzor said on Tuesday, April 10, that it will resume the probes into development of oil fields in East Siberia in May-June 2007 and will revoke licenses from operators who fail to comply with license agreements.
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April 11, 2007Siberian Mammoth and Meteorite to Go on Christie’s Auction
The skeleton of a Siberian mammoth dating back some 15,000 years and a meteorite from Russia go on auction in Paris, April 16, in the first such sale of curiosities from paleontogy, Christie’s auction house said Tuesday.
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March 21, 2007- Posted in: Russia, Nature & Environment, Mammoth, Siberia, History, Christie's, Auction, Meteorite
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British Citizen Among Victims of Russian Coal Mine Blast
A British citizen was among dozens of people killed in a gas explosion at a remote Siberian coal mine, Telegraph.co.uk reported March 20. Total number of victims of the deadly blast is currently 106 people, at least a dozen have not been found yet.
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97 Dead, 13 Missing in Siberian Coal Mine Blast
Death toll in Russian Siberian coal mine explosion reached 97 on Tuesday morning and rescuers desperately toiled to save 13 miners still trapped in the mine, the Reuters news agency reports.
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March 20, 2007Blast Rips Through Siberian Coal Mine
According to Russian emergency officials an explosion occurred in a Siberian coal mine on Monday, no casualties have been reported yet.
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March 19, 20075 Dead, Dozens Wounded in Russian Aircraft Crash in Siberia
A Russian Tupolev-134 passenger jet crashed during landing in the airport of Samara on Saturday morning, killing 5 people and wounding at least 51, the RIA-Novosti news agency reports.
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March 17, 2007
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