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CAVE

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SOCCER
Oct 8, 2018
Thailand's cave boys enjoy kick-about at iconic River Plate stadium
Twelve Thai boys and their soccer coach, who were dramatically rescued from a flooded cave in July, enjoyed a high-profile kick-about on Sunday, playing a game at River Plate's iconic Monumental stadium.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 13, 2018
South African cave stone boasts oldest-known human drawing, dating back 73,000 years
A small stone flake marked with intersecting lines of red ochre pigment some 73,000 years ago that was found in a cave on South Africa's southern coast represents what archaeologists on Wednesday called the oldest-known example of human drawing.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 17, 2018
Thailand's rescued cave boys to address media on Wednesday
The 12 Thai boys and soccer coach who were rescued from a flooded cave will be discharged from hospital on Wednesday and hold a news conference the same day to satisfy huge media interest in their story, a government official said.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2018
Cave rescue highlights the positive power of globalism
The Thai drama shows a global community does indeed exist and can do great good.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 13, 2018
Grit, daring and terror — how Thailand's cave boys were rescued, protected 'like eggs'
Two days after 12 boys and their soccer coach disappeared inside a cave complex in Thailand's mountainous north, a team of Thai Royal Navy SEALs headed before sunrise into the pitch-black maze of muddy passages to find them.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 8, 2018
Four boys from Thai soccer team trapped in flooded cave are rescued
Four of 12 schoolboys have been rescued so far from a flooded Thai cave after divers launched a daring and dangerous mission to free the children and their soccer coach, who were trapped underground for more than two weeks, Thai officials said.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 7, 2018
Entrepreneur Musk sends team to Thailand to help rescue 13 trapped deep inside cave
A Thai official said two members of the engineering team dispatched by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk are due to arrive late Saturday to help with efforts to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 6, 2018
Rescuers weigh 'alternative' routes to save 13 trapped in Thai cave
Rescuers in Thailand are trying to find alternative ways to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a cave complex for 13 days, as teams brace for heavy rain which could further delay the operation.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 6, 2018
Elon Musk's team talking with Thai officials on using tech for cave rescue
Representatives for Elon Musk are in talks with Thai authorities about aiding in the rescue of a boys' soccer team stuck in a cave, said a spokesman for the billionaire.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2018
Rescuers to drill hole in flooded Thai cave in hunt for 12 missing boys, their soccer coach
Thai rescue workers will drill a narrow shaft into a cave where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach are believed to be trapped by floodwaters, Thailand's interior minister said on Wednesday, the fourth day of a search that has been hampered by heavy rain.
EDITORIALS
Nov 17, 2016
The sinkhole in Fukuoka
Authorities need to find out exactly why a huge sinkhole formed in Fukuoka, and how to keep the same problem from happening again.
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WORLD / Science & Health
May 28, 2015
Coldest case? Spain cave yields 430,000-year-old murder mystery
This 430,000-year-old case may be the world's oldest murder mystery.
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CULTURE / Film
Feb 4, 2015
20,000 Days on Earth: 'Nick Cave beside a fireplace talking about his childhood'
Once upon a time — say, around 1982, when he was strung out on heroin and singing as though a Ridley Scott-style alien had just burst through his chest — it was hard to imagine Nick Cave sitting in front of a fireplace talking quietly about his childhood with a chin-stroking interviewer. Like Iggy Pop, Cave has metamorphosed from rock's wild child to its elder statesman, but seeing how much he's mellowed out is still the biggest surprise of "20,000 Days on Earth."
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LIFE / Travel
Aug 16, 2014
Chasing the ghost of Musashi in Kyushu
In the spring of 1645 a man lay dying in Kumamoto, on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. He sensed that his time was near, asked for someone to help him into a seated position and tucked his short sword into his belt. This way he could greet death with dignity. The dying man was the celebrated swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.

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