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Nicaragua abandons search for missing miners trapped by landslide

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Nicaragua has called off work to find at least seven miners trapped in a gold mine by a landslide after rescuers decided there was no hope of reaching them, the government said on Tuesday. At least 29 miners were trapped on Thursday after heavy rains sparked a landslide at the mine in the Bonanza project, about 420 km northeast of Managua, which was closed around four years ago after being deemed unsafe.
 
 
 
 
 

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