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Turkey mourns victims of coal mine blast

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Relatives of missing miners gather in front of the mine in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 15. Officials said a deadly explosion occurred inside a coal mine in northern Turkey Friday evening, trapping dozens of miners.
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Relatives of one of the miners killed in a coal mine explosion mourn during his funeral outside a mosque in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 15.
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Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, right, helps a coffin covered with a Turkish flag of one of the miners killed in a coal mine explosion, during his funeral in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 15.
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Relatives mourn over a coffin covered with a Turkish flag of one of the miners killed in a coal mine explosion, during his funeral outside a mosque in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 15.
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Relatives of one of the miners killed in a coal mine explosion mourn during his funeral outside a mosque in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 15.
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Mourners pray over a coffin covered with a Turkish flag of one of the miners killed in a coal mine explosion, during his funeral outside a mosque in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 15.
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Relatives of one of the miners killed in a coal mine explosion mourn during his funeral outside a mosque in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 15.
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TURKISH PRESIDENCY VIA AP

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, speaks with an injured miner at a hospital in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 15.
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TURKISH PRESIDENCY VIA AP

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, meets miners in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 15.
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TURKISH PRESIDENCY VIA AP

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, is surrounded by his ministers as he speaks to the media outside the coal mine in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 15.

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