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Published October 14, 2010, 12:00 AM

Miners with Chile's President Sebastian Pinera


In this photo released by the Chilean Presidential Press Office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, fourth left front row, sits among the 33 miners freed from the San Jose mine during a visit to the hospital where they are undergoing a medical check up in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. The 69-day underground ordeal reached its end Wednesday night after the trapped miners were hauled up in a cage through a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 feet, (700 meters) of rock. (AP Photo/Chilean Presidential Press Office, Jose Manuel de la Maza)
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