To give us a sense of perspective on how long the thirty three Chilean miners - who are being brought to the surface today - have been imprisoned 700 metres underground, consider what was happening in the world on August 5th - the last day that they arrived for work at the San Jose Mine:
- BP had finished pumping cement into its damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico
- Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi survived a no confidence vote in Parliament
- The UN sent its special envoy to Pakistan to asses the damage caused by the country's worst flooding in living memory
- 600 wildfires were continuing to burn in Russia following a record summer heatwave
- Liverpool beat Macedonian side Rabotnicki in the qualifying campaign for the Europe League
- The US Senate confirms Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court - the third woman to serve on America's highest court
- England's cricket team were about to start their second test against Pakistan at Edgbaston
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