More bodies are recovered at mine
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Rescuers pulled more bodies from a Siberian coal mine as investigators tried to pinpoint what sparked a methane explosion that killed 107 workers.
Among the dead were 20 top mine staff, including its chief engineer. A Briton, identified as Ian Robertson, and his interpreter were also killed. Robertson worked for the British-German mining consultancy IMC.
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