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Two of the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for two months said Sunday that plans for a movie chronicling their ordeal are moving fast.

Some of the 33 men are set to leave the hospital just a day after their dramatic rescue from deep below ground. Chile's president says an investigation into the mine disaster has begun and promises sweeping changes in workplace rules.Just a day after 33 Chilean miners were freed from their underground prison, they were in good health overall, officials said Thursday, with some of the men set to be released from the hospital by the end of the day.

One by one, the miners who have been trapped under 2,000 feet of rock in northern Chile for more than two months were being pulled to the surface Wednesday in a special capsule, then embraced by emotional family members as the end of their saga was beamed live around the world.

After more than two months trapped deep in a Chilean mine, 33 miners were tantalizingly close to rescue on Sunday and officials said they were ...

Completion of an escape shaft sets off cheers among the men's families at 'Camp Hope.' Officials now must decide among three rescue plans. Rescuers with a powerful drill broke through to the underground chamber where 33 Chilean miners have been stranded since Aug. 5, signaling that the end to their ordeal could be near.

One of three shafts being drilling down to the 33 men trapped in a mine in Chile should reach them by Saturday, the country's mining minister has said. Laurence Golborne said the T-130 drill, known as "plan B", had already carved through 535m (1755ft) ...

They get laundry service, TV, three hot meals a day and even ice cream for dessert. Everyday life for the 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground ...

Rescuers are dubbing the cage that will be used to haul 33 trapped miners back to the surface the "Phoenix Capsule" and say they will take delivery of the first one Saturday afternoon.

A bore hole reached 33 trapped Chilean miners Friday, officials said, but it must be widened before the miners can squeeze through -- a process that should take a few weeks.

Thirty-three men stuck a half mile underground are now the longest-trapped miners in recent history as a huge drill is the early stages of digging a planned escape route.