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Gas explosion traps miners
Eduardo Verdugo/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Relatives of miners wait, after a gas buildup in a coal mine triggered a pre-dawn explosion Monday in the town of San Juan de Sabinas, Mexico, 85 miles southwest of Eagle Pass, Texas, trapping 65 coal miners underground with a limited supply of oxygen.
BY OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Officials said that while it was unlikely the miners were still alive, there was still a chance of finding survivors.
SAN JUAN DE SABINAS, Mexico — Emergency crews using picks, shovels and their hands tunneled feverishly through dirt, wood, metal and rock on Monday in an attempt to reach 65 coal miners trapped by a gas explosion 600 feet underground.
Above ground, priests and pastors led hundreds of the miners' friends and relatives in prayer for the men trapped by Sunday morning's explosion at the Pasta de Conchos mine near the town of San Juan de Sabinas, 85 miles southwest of Eagle Pass, Texas.
Women wept openly and swayed with their arms in the air as the religious leaders spoke, and men wiped tears from their eyes.
"We are waiting for a miracle from God," said Norma Vitela, whose trapped husband, Jose Angel Guzman, had previously told her of problems with gas in the mine. She said the father of four, who earns $75 a week, could not afford to quit.
lation system that uses huge fans to pump in fresh air and suck out dangerous gases was still working. Even so, they could not be certain the precious oxygen was arriving to where the miners were trapped.
The trapped men had carried only six hours of oxygen, but officials said they believed a venti-
Juan Rebolledo, vice president of international affairs for mine owner Grupo Mexico,
said oxygen tanks were scattered throughout the site, but it was impossible to know if the trapped miners had access to any of them.
More than 35 hours of digging had pushed rescue teams 400 yards into the mine, about 100 yards from where two conveyor belt operators were believed to
But others were thought to be trapped as far as one to three miles from the mine's entrance.
be trapped, said Sergio Robles director of emergency services for Coahuila state.
Robles said rescues avoided using electric or gas-powered machinery because of the presence of explosive gases.
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Man pleads guilty to Holocaust denial
BY VERONIKA OLEKSYN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VIENNA, Austria — Right-wing British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in prison Monday after admitting to an Austrian court that he denied the Holocaust — a crime in the country where Hitler was born.
"I made a mistake when I said there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz," Irving testified, at one point expressing sorrow "for all the innocent people who died during the Second World War."
Irving, who pleaded guilty and then insisted during his one-day trial that he now acknowledged the Nazis' World War II slaughter of six million Jews, had faced up to 10 years behind bars. Before the verdict, Irving conceded he had erred in contending there were no gas chambers at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Irving, stressing he only relied on primary sources, said he came across new information in the early 1990's from top Nazi officials — including personal documents belonging to Adolf Eichmann — that led him to rethink certain previous assertions.
But despite his apparent
"I consider the verdict a little too stringent. I would say it's a bit of a message trial," attorney Elmar Kresbach said.
epiphany, Irving, 67, maintained he had never questioned the Holocaust.
"I've never been a Holocaust denier and I get very angry when I'm called a Holocaust denier," he said.
State prosecutor Michael Klackl declined to comment on the verdict. In his closing arguments, however, he criticized Irving for "putting on a show" and for not admitting that the Nazis killed Jews in an organized and systematic manner.
Irving's lawyer said he would appeal the sentence.
Irving appeared shocked as the sentence was read out. Moments later, an elderly man identifying himself as a family friend called out, "Stay strong, David! Stay strong!" before he was escorted from the courtroom.
Irving has been in custody since his November arrest on charges stemming from two speeches he gave in Austria in 1989 in which he was accused of denying the Nazis' execution of six million Jews.
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