Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Rescuers searching for 23 trapped workers at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia spotted six bodies Saturday but weren't able to immediately retrieve them because of falling debris, a company official said.The collapse at the Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine happened last Tuesday when 38 workers were undergoing safety training.Ten miners were rescued and five bodies have been recovered since then."Rescuers have spotted six bodies, but sudden falling debris prevented them from taking them," said Rozik B. Soetjipto, president director of Freeport Indonesia. "Hopefully they could be picked up tonight."Sabirin said vibrations have been detected that could be a human heartbeat, but they also could have resulted from a number of other causes."We have not detected any other potential signs of life in the past 72 hours," Sabirin said in a statement. He said rocks falling down from above were slowing the progress of rescuers."We continu...

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