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THE “WILD BOARS” youth football team, whose plight captivated the world a year ago when they were trapped for nearly three weeks in a flooded cave, paid their respects on Monday to a diver who died trying to save them.

Six baby elephants separated from their parents and trapped in a muddy pit for days have been rescued by park rangers in rural Thailand, officials said Saturday.

A 61-year-old retired teacher, who claimed to have been trapped in a roadside drainage pipe since Wednesday, was rescued on Friday.

SEOUL - A teenage girl was rescued Saturday by firefighters after being trapped inside a washing machine at a self-service laundromat in Busan.

THE BRIEF video-clip conversation between the 13 footballers trapped in a Chiang Rai cave and the British cave divers who were the first to reach them, was a memorable heart-filled moment for everybody who had been praying for their successful rescue.

Parents of the boys trapped in the Chiang Rai cave shed tears of joy and relief on Wednesday morning as they watched a video of them being treated for minor injuries.

A phone cable is being rigged up inside Tham Luang Cave from Chamber 3 to the location where the 12 young footballers and their assistant coach are trapped, Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn said on Tuesday.

Thai and foreign dive teams believe the 12 young footballers and their coach may need at least two days to build up adequate strength and skills for the sustained dive out of Tham Luang Cave, a rescue mission source said on Tuesday.

Classmates of 12 boys trapped in a flooded Thai cave spoke of their hopes for a miracle rescue Monday, as divers inched through thick mud, water and winding crevices towards an air pocket where the group is believed to be.

A man has alerted a border patrol police commander about an opening on the ceiling of a cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district where 12 young footballers and their assistant coach are trapped for the sixth day on Thursday.

Beijing - A young boy from Chongqing in southwest China became a victim of his own prank after he urinated on the set of lift buttons and became trapped.

About 950 gold miners were stuck underground in South Africa on Thursday after a power cut, the mine's owner said, though the workers were not reported to be in immediate danger.