A gas explosion has ripped through a coal mine in central Russia, and rescue teams are searching for four missing miners.
More than 70 miners were working at the mine in the Kemerovo region in western Siberia when the blast occurred.
Correspondents say that explosions are common in the ageing mines of the country's coal-producing regions.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
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