TURKEY-MINING-ACCIDENT

TURKEY-MINING-ACCIDENT

Miners listen on May 16, 2014 during a press conference, to the Soma Holding owner, the operator of their mine where an explosion killed at least 284 workers three days before. The operator of the mine denied charges of negligence, as the government warning that the toll from the blast would likely top 300, Turkey’s prime minister faced fresh criticism after video emerged of him apparently shouting an anti-Israel slur at angry protesters during a visit the day after to the disaster site. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC