Miners wait at the entrance to a flooded iron ore mine near Baotou, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, January 17, 2007. Thirty-five Chinese miners were trapped in flooded iron ore mine on Wednesday and it was unknown if they were dead or alive, Xinhua News Agency said. The Chinese characters at the entrance read: 'To produce safely'. [newsphoto]

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