Former miners pause for a minute of silence during centenary commemorations of Europe's worst mining...
Former miners pause for a minute of silence during the centenary commemorations of Europe's worst mining disaster which killed 1099 in Mericourt' cemetery, northern France March 10, 2006. Only 13 miners survived after 20 days trapped underground on March 10, 1906 in Courrieres, northern France. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol