A workers' union in Turkey representing hundreds of thousands of employees has called for a nationwide strike on Thursday, May 15, 2014, as the death toll in the country's worst-ever mine disaster rose to 282.
ອຸປະຕິເຫດ ບໍ່ຖ່ານຫີນ ຢູ່ ເທີກີ
![The rubble of the World Trade Center smoulders following a terrorist attack.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3aa5216e-4f5e-4fd3-8a3c-9ee4242459f6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The rubble of the World Trade Center smoulders following a terrorist attack.
![Miners and members of rescue services wait outside a coal mine in Soma, western Turkey, May 15, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2f6f431a-dd3a-446b-9517-09d784e23930_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Miners and members of rescue services wait outside a coal mine in Soma, western Turkey, May 15, 2014.
![People prepare graves for the coal mine disaster victims in Soma, Turkey, May 15, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a217b174-ec17-4549-82ee-2eaddd8f0af4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People prepare graves for the coal mine disaster victims in Soma, Turkey, May 15, 2014.
![Members of the rescue team sit outside the coal mine, in Soma, western Turkey, May 15, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ff7634ac-7720-4648-aae0-ea1a9bbc26de_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the rescue team sit outside the coal mine, in Soma, western Turkey, May 15, 2014.