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A helicopter from a nearby Chinese ship has begun ferrying scientists, tourists and journalists from the trapped ship.
The 52 passengers will be taken by helicopter to a nearby ship, while the 22 crew members are expected to remain with the trapped vessel.
It was the third attempt to rescue the scientific expedition ship which is trapped in ice estimated to be around 3 metres thick.
The Russian passenger ship which has 74 people on board – a mixture of scientists and tourists – has been stranded since Christmas Eve.
The ship has 74 people aboard for a scientific mission
There were 22 families living in the five-story building, owned by the city’s civic administrative body.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has been in contact with Egyptian authorities to try to secure their safety.
The young woman was trapped in the vehicle for seven hours.
The mine collapse took place at a gold and copper mine in Indonesia yesterday.
The seven-storey building collapsed yesterday evening into a mangled heap of steel and concrete about eight metres high.
A total of 259 miners were working underground when the explosion went off at the Vorkutinskaya mine.
The company said the cause of the deadly incident was under investigation but it is thought it may have been a gas leak.
He was rescued after passers-by heard his calls for help.
The gold miners had been trapped in underground chambers after a fire in the New Zealand mine.
The boy became trapped under a tractor on a farm in Kerrykeel, Donegal.
Young raccoon was rescued from storm drain using soap and oil.
Two children on the ride, and two men in the light plane were trapped after the aircraft collided with the ferris wheel at a fair.
Jon Hutt, 61, said the pain was excruciating, adding: “I would cut for a while and then I had to rest.”
Meanwhile, 35 journalists are trapped in a siege-like situations at the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli.
The man is trapped in a collapsed building in Christchurch. The DFA are seriously concerned about his welfare and that of one other person in New Zealand.
Meanwhile, he allegedly live in the house upstairs with another woman. Police found his wife naked and locked in filthy basement after anonymous tip-off.
As the countdown to the rescue of 33 miners begins in Chile, the men’s partners start their own preparations…
The countdown to the rescue of the Chilean miners is finally underway. Here’s how the next 48 hours are likely to play out.