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As hopes rise for an earlier-than-expected rescue, the thirty-three miners trapped 700 metres below the surface in the San José copper-gold mine in northern Chile sent messages of love, hope, and meta-ethics to their families and friends above.

Raúl Enrique Bustos Ibáñez, one of the miners who has been trapped in the mine since the roof collapsed on August 5th, wrote, ‘My dearest wife, I am healthy, and thinking of you always. When I return to you, I will be the same husband no matter what I might have done down here in the mine. What we may or may not have done underground cannot be judged by the standards of up there. In any case, we have all agreed that what happens in the mine, stays in the mine, so let’s just leave it at that.’

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Posted: Aug 31st, 2010
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After an exhaustive one-day inquiry, Lord Hutton has found the Pakistani cricket team “not guilty” of using auto-tune technology to improve their performance during the final test at Lord’s.

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Posted: Aug 31st, 2010
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In an effort to remain commercially viable, Britain’s rail operators are to change the advice given to UK rail passengers from “please remember to take all your belongings with you” to “please leave one or two of your valuables behind you when you get off”.

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Posted: Aug 31st, 2010
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The Coalition government has announced that axed medical helpline NHS Direct will not be scrapped completely, but kept in a shed in case the real NHS stops working.

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Posted: Aug 30th, 2010
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Ceremonies have been taking place across the United Kingdom to mark the August Bank Holiday, commemorating the hard work and sacrifice of the nation’s bankers and other financial sector workers who are taking a well-deserved day off.

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Posted: Aug 30th, 2010
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