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Members of a rescue team work to save seven people trapped in a cave.
Rescuers rushed on Thursday to pump water from a flooded cave in Laos, where seven Laotians have been trapped for more than a week, with the fate of two of them unknown.
Specialist divers found five men alive and huddled in a narrow passage around 300 metres from the exit of the cave on Wednesday (local time), but they have yet to be pulled out due to flooding, collapse risks and other hazards underground.
The seven have been stuck inside the cave in central Xaysomboun province, northeast of the capital Vientiane, since 20 May, according to state media.
