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French workers -- upset that the government might make them wait until age 62 to retire -- extended their strike into a third day Thursday, and while transportation appeared to be improving, the situation at oil refineries was not.

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A Nepalese teen who is the size of a toddler turned 18 on Thursday and entered the record books as the world\'s shortest man.

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After 69 days, the miners ascended to freedom, hoisted through nearly a half-mile of rock in a mission watched around the globe. LIVE BLOG | VIDEO GALLERY: MINERS SURFACE | MISSION COMPLETE |

Isolated in a dark, underground world for more than two months, the first seven miners to emerge from the San Jose mine savored the fresh air amid eruptions of applause. Here\'s how each man spent his first moments above ground: