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Rescuers Begin Drilling to Free Chilean Miners

(Aug. 31) -- Engineers in Chile have begun work on a rescue shaft to free 33 men stuck in a mine thousands of feet beneath the Atacama Desert. A massive, 31-ton drill began to bore into the earth early Tuesday morning, three weeks after a landslide trapped the men inside the San Jose copper and gold mine Aug. 5 in...

South Korea Launches Drills Despite Threats From North

ABOARD THE ROK DOKDO (Aug. 5) -- South Korean troops fired artillery and dropped sonar buoys into the Yellow Sea as naval drills kicked off Thursday near the spot where a warship sank four months ago. Some 4,500 South Korean troops aboard more than 20 ships and submarines as well as about 50 aircraft were mobilized to...

North Korea Vows 'Nuclear' Response to US Drills

(July 24) -- North Korea threatened today to use its "nuclear deterrent" in a "retaliatory sacred war" against military drills by the U.S. and South Korea, set to kick off this weekend in retaliation for Pyongyang's alleged role in the suspicious sinking of a South Korean warship. The military exercises are slated to...

Background on drill

A drill is a tool fitted with a cutting tool attachment or driving tool attachment, usually a drill bit or driver bit, used for drilling holes in various materials or fastening various materials together with the use of fasteners.

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