Roundup: Foreign press lauds China's rescue efforts in coal mine
accident
Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:26 AM

BEIJING, Apr. 7, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) -- After more than 190
hours of continuous hard work and scientific rescue operation, 115 of
the 153 miners trapped in a flooded mine in northern China have been
pulled out alive.

The rescue operation not only represented a miracle of life, but also
marked an unbelievable achievement in China's history of disaster
relief.

In recent days, the story of the Chinese government's all-out efforts
to save those trapped miners received extensive and positive coverage
in a number of major media organizations in Russia, the United States,
Germany, France and other countries.

Other sources, AP and MSNBC, AL Jazeera (English), France TV etc.

Also mentioned was that over 1000 workers had been involved in the
rescues.