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One of the few piano teachers in Pakistan's capital is eager to keep his art alive. To avoid being victimized by hard-line Islamists, his students play digital keyboards with the volume dialed down.

BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers on Sunday worked to free 17 miners trapped following a gas explosion at a coal mine in western China, the country's official news agency reported.

The blast at the mine 120 kilometers (70 miles) from Urumqi, the capital of the sprawling Xinjiang region, happened on Saturday evening, according to the Xinhua News Agency. It said three other people working inside the mine at the time had been rescued.

China has the world's deadliest mines, although the safety record has been improving in recent years as regulators have strengthened enforcement of safety rules.

Xinhua said the pit is mined by Dahuangshan Yuxin Coal Mining Co. Ltd., owned by the sixth agricultural division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. It is a paramilitary organization that was revived by the central government in the 1980s to aid the region's construction and development.

Calls to the organization rang unanswered on Sunday. A duty officer at Xinjiang's work safety bureau said he had no information about the incident.

Most Brazilians speak English and Spanish with an accent. But Brazilians seem to take great offense to World Cup visitors speaking Portuguese with an accent.

YORK, England (AP) — British sprinter Mark Cavendish pulled out of the Tour de France on Sunday ahead of the second stage with a shoulder injury.

Cavendish, with his arm in a sling underneath his sweatshirt, said outside the team bus that it was "disappointing" that his race was over.

He saw his hopes of winning his first yellow jersey disappear on Saturday when he hit the ground near the finish of the first stage in his mother's hometown of Harrogate.

Cavendish was able to cross the finish line then underwent medical exams that revealed a separated shoulder.

"Normally, I bounce well when I crash," Cavendish said. "When I was on the ground yesterday I knew something was wrong."

He said his shoulder was "sticking out."

"I really had this little bit of optimism that I might be OK this morning but it's just impossible," Cavendish said, adding that he will undergo an MRI to see if the injury requires surgery.

Cavendish, one of the most successful sprinters in the history of the race, has won 25 Tour stages.