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Live blog: Chile mine rescue

Al Jazeera follows the last stage of the rescue of 33 trapped miners in Chile as they get hoisted to the surface one by one through a narrow rescue shaft which took months to drill.

The men have been trapped 600 metres underground after the upper galleries of the San Jose mine in the country's north collapsed on August 5.

01:25 GMT: Pinera says Chile is "not the same" as it was 70 days ago, when the mine collapsed. He praises Chileans across the "length and width" of the country. Behind him, the wheel that has helped raise the "Phoenix" capsule over the past 24 hours, an image that has become symbolic of the rescue, spins as the rescue workers are winched up to the surface.

Human shields in Afghanistan

According to Nato commanders, the Taliban are now using human shields in the ongoing battles around the town of Marja.

I do not doubt the details of the incidents that have been reported. The military on the ground report being fired upon from nearby buildings, and then before they can respond, women and children start to appear in the same area.

These details have also been witnessed by journalists embedded with some of the military units in the area.

The Associated Press quoted Brigadier General Mohiudin Ghori, the brigade commander of Afghan troops in Marjah, as saying: "They are trying to get us to fire on them and kill the civilians."

There is no doubt that the Taliban are fully aware of the Nato rules of engagement. When General Stanley McChrystal published his tactical directive in July last year, it was covered by most major news organisations.