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Italian miners stage protest 400 meters underground armed with explosives

Italian miners have barricaded themselves underground to address concerns about their future employment.

Local villagers work to scavenge coal illegally from an open-cast coal mine in the village of Jina Gora on February 11, 2012 near Jharia, India. Villagers in India's Eastern State of Jharkhand scavenge coal illegally from open-cast coal mines to earn a few dollars a day.

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