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Nine coalminers trapped in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine, May 5 (UPI) -- A landslide in eastern Ukraine trapped nine miners in a shaft of the state-run Donetsk coal mine, the Ukrainian forUm Web site said.

A landslide hit the Novodzerzhynska shaft of the Donetsk coal mine Monday. Five miners escaped without injuries.

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Rescue operations were still under way, forUm said Tuesday.

At the time of the accident 118 miners were in the mine.

Mine officials are investigating the cause of the accident.

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