World briefs 2/5/07

Mine explosion leaves 32 dead in Colombia

SARDINATA, Colombia -- An explosion tore through a makeshift coal mine in remote northeast Colombia on Saturday, killing 32 miners, a civil defense official said. Rescue crews had located the bodies buried more than 1,300 feet below ground but were unable to safely remove them, said Yesid Arias, who was helping to coordinate the operation. Officials had previously reported that three miners were dead and 28 were missing at the mine in the remote hamlet of San Roque, 255 miles northeast of Bogota. Family members, who had rushed to the mine shortly after the Saturday morning explosion, had been relocated to the town of Sardinata 15 minutes away..

Band plays wrong anthem at stadium

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada -- A band mistakenly played the national anthem of Taiwan instead of China as the Chinese ambassador and scores of blue-uniformed Chinese workers looked on uncomfortably at the inauguration of a China-financed $40 million stadium. Describing it as a blunder, Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell pledged an investigation into how the Royal Grenada Police Band could have prepared the wrong song.

-- From wire reports