Brazil dam disaster toll rises to 9 dead, nearly 300 missing: official

At least nine people were killed and nearly 300 others went missing after a tailings dam owned by mining giant Vale collapsed Friday afternoon in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais, according to the state government.

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  Photos: seven bodies found and hundreds missing after Brazil dam collapsed

  Military firefighters carry the corpse of a victim recovered from the mud a day after the collapse of a dam owned by Brazilian miner Vale SA in Brumadinho, Brazil January 25, 2019.(Photo: VCG)

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  Hope fades for 300 missing in Brazil dam disaster

  Hopes were fading Saturday that rescuers would find more survivors from at least 300 missing after a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil, with nine bodies so far recovered.Polices and firefighters work at the damaged site after the collapse of a dam in Brumadinho Municipality in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.(Photo: Xinhua)Seven bodies were recovered Friday

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  Chinese president sends condolences to Brazil over dam collapse

  A helicopter looks for survivors after the breakage of a dam containing mineral waste from Vale in Brumadinho, municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on Jan 25, 2019. [Photo/IC] BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday sent a message o

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  Brazil dam disaster toll rises to 9 dead, nearly 300 missing : official

  (Photo: Xinhua)RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed, nine injured and at least 150 others went missing after a tailings dam owned by mining giant Vale collapsed Friday afternoon in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais, the state government said Friday evening.The identities of the victims were not disclosed. Some 100 people who were