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Italy miners barricade themselves underground with explosives
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/Italy_miners_barricade_themselves_underground_with_explosives.html?cid=33393228By Naomi O'Leary
ROME (Reuters) - Up to 100 Sardinian miners armed with hundreds of kilograms of explosives have barricaded themselves nearly 400 metres underground in Italy's only coal mine to put pressure on the Rome government to protect its survival.
The miners from a 460-strong workforce seized 350 kilos of company explosives and locked themselves inside the Carbosulcis mine west of Cagliari overnight on Monday, one of them said, ahead of a government meeting this week to discuss the pit's future.
"We are worried that the mine may close. We are afraid for our jobs," said Sandro Mereu, 54, a miner who has worked there for 28 years.
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Sounds like serious news to me. 
Hoping we hear updates (in between coverage of the Republican Convention 
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