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Nine workers die in Colombia coal mine explosion

<p>BOGOTA, May 4 - A coal mine explosion in Colombia's Cundinamarca province killed nine workers and left six others injured, the national mining agency said on Monday, several weeks after it issued risk control recommendations for the site.</p>

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Nine workers die in Colombia coal mine explosion<p>BOGOTA, May 4 - A coal mine explosion in Colombia's Cundinamarca province killed nine workers and left six others injured, the national mining agency said on Monday, several weeks after it issued risk control recommendations for the site.</p>
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