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In this image from video, rescuer Manuel Gonzalez Pavez (2nd l.) speaks to the 33 trapped miners after being lowered into the mine, on Oct. 12 at San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile. AP
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Miner Alex Vega arrives as the tenth to be rescued in Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 13. The 33 trapped miners are being rescued from a gold and copper mine in Chile's northern Atacama desert in an ongoing methodical rescue operation. as their two month ordeal after a cave-in draws to an end. Hugo Infante/Government of Chile/Reuters
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Relatives of miner Carlos Barrios react while watching on a TV screen the rescue operation at the camp outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 13. Natacha Pisarenko/AP
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A man runs with Uruguayan and Chilean national flags over the hills above the area where 33 trapped miners are being rescued from the San Jose mine, in Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 13. Ivan Alvarado/Reuters
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Customer Alan Frame stands in front of television screens showing the rescue of trapped miners in Chile in a store in London on Oct. 13. Lennart Preiss/AP
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Miner Juan Illanes is carried away on a stretcher after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Oct. 13. Hugo Infante/Chilean Goverment/AP
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Rescued miner Mario Gomez salutes after emerging from the capsule at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, Oct. 13. Jorge Saenz/AP
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Jorge Galleguillos, the eleventh miner rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine waves to the crowd. Hugo Infante/Chilean Government/AP
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Florencio Avalos, the first miner to be rescued, inside capsule at left, begins journey up the escape shaft on Oct. 12. AP
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Miner Claudio Yanez (center r.) kisses his wife Cristina Nunez after emerging from the capsule at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 13. Yanez was the eighth of 33 miners who were rescued. Jorge Saenz/AP
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Relatives and friends of rescued miner Mario Gomez react while watching his rescue on a TV screen at the relatives' camp outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Oct. 13. Natacha Pisarenko/AP
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Miner Alex Vega arrives inside the capsule as the 10th to be rescued in Copiapo, Chile, Oct. 13. Luis Hidalgo/Reuters
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Miner Mario Gomez, 63, the oldest of the 33 trapped miners, greets his wife, Lilianett Ramirez, as he arrives on the surface as the ninth to be rescued in Copiapo, Chile, Oct. 13. Hugo Infante-Government of Chile/Reuters
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In this screen grab taken from video, Florencio Avalos, the first miner to be rescued, left, is embraced by Chilean President Sebastian Pinera after his rescue, Oct. 12, at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile. AP
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Alfonso Avalos (c.) father of trapped miner Florencio Avalos, watches his son's rescue operation on a TV screen as relatives sleep next to him at the camp outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Oct. 12. Natacha Pisarenko/AP
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Chile's president, Sebastian Pinera, (center right in red jacket), waves to rescue worker Manuel Gonzalez Paves as he is lowered into the mine in the capsule to begin the rescue of 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Oct. 12. Alex Ibanez/Chilean presidential press office/AP
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A Chilean police officer embraces a relative of trapped miners after it was announced that a drill reached the underground cave where miners are at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 9. Officials announced that the drill reached the 33 trapped miners after more than two months of efforts, prompting cheers, tears, and the ringing of bells by families in the tent camp outside the mine. Roberto Candia/AP
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In this image released by the government of Chile, rescue workers stand next to a colleague who is inside a capsule after performing a dry run test for the eventual rescue of the 33 miners trapped at the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 11. Hugo Infante/Government of Chile/AP
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A rescue worker is inside a rescue capsule while performing a dry run test for the eventual rescue of the 33 miners trapped at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 11. Government of Chile/AP
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Members of the rescue team watch as the capsule descends into the shaft on one of the final tests before using it to lift the 33 miners to safety, in Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 11. Rescuers started evacuating 33 trapped miners late on Tuesday. Chilean Government/Reuters
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Relatives of trapped miners prepare to board a bus at the the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 9. Officials announced that the drill reached the 33 trapped miners on Saturday after more than two months of efforts. The miners have been trapped since the mine collapsed on Aug. 5. Jorge Saenz/AP
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Elizabeth Segovia (r.) holds her daughter, Esperanza Ticona, the first baby of trapped miner Ariel Ticona, at the camp where relatives wait for the rescue of trapped miners outside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 9. Esperanza was born while her father was trapped in the mine. Natacha Pisarenko/AP
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Workers operate the T-130 drill during the final push to reach the 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 9. AP
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Workers and other officials cheer as the T-130 drill reaches 622 meters (2,041 feet) below the surface after 33 days of drilling to reach the trapped miners at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile. AP
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Maria Segovia, sister of Dario Segovia who is among the 33 miners trapped inside the San Jose mine, celebrates with members of the rescue team as the Schramm T-130 rig that drilled a rescue shaft is driven away from the site in Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 11. Rescuers started evacuating the 33 trapped miners late on Tuesday. Luis Hidalgo/Reuters
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Workers lower steel pipes to encase part of the escape shaft as efforts continue to free the 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 10. Government of Chile/AP
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Workers assemble machinery to be used in the rescue operation for 33 trapped miners in the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 11. Rescuers on Monday finished reinforcing the hole drilled to bring 33 trapped miners to safety and sent a rescue capsule nearly all the way to where the men are trapped. The miners became trapped when the gold and copper mine collapsed on Aug. 5 and the rescue started late Tuesday. Jorge Saenz/AP
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Chilean policemen prepare a barrier to keep journalists from crossing the road where emergency vehicles will pass, as the operation to rescue the 33 trapped miners is prepared at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 12. Luis Hidalgo/Reuters
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Chile's health minister, Jaime Manalich, inspects clothing that will be given to the miners after they are rescued and evacuated as Dr. Paola Neumann, health director for the Atacama region, looks on at a hospital in Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 11. Rodrigo Arangua/AP
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed hundreds of thousands of his cheering supporters in Istanbul saying, 'My patience has run out' with anti-government protests.
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Scott Peterson, Staff writer,
Tom A. Peter, Correspondent /
June 16, 2013
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Turkey’s largest city was divided on Sunday by competing shows of force, between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who staged a mammoth rally of loyalists, and anti-government demonstrators, who clashed with police on Istanbul's streets once again to protest his rule.