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[交流] 【Pure water】Palace greeting for Chile miners

The 33 Chilean miners rescued after 69 days underground have been feted by President Sebastian Pinera during a palace reception in Santiago.

Each miner was given a medal to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Chile's independence from Spain, which was celebrated while they were trapped.

The miners are now due to play a football match against their rescuers and government officials.

The miners' team is being coached by one of the rescued men, Franklin Lobos.

Mr Lobos is a former professional footballer.

Mining Minister Laurence Golborne is expected to play for the opposition.

Some reports say that it will be a 16-a-side match rather than 11-a-side because of the number of miners and the lack of fitness of some of the players.
Photo opportunities

The BBC's Gideon Long in Santiago says the miners have become celebrities not just in Chile, but around the world since being rescued nearly two weeks ago.

Books about their ordeal are being written, while there has been talk of Hollywood films of their story. Some of the men have been to Spain to appear on a TV chat show.

People have been queuing up in Santiago and at the World Expo in Shanghai to have their photographs taken next to the Phoenix escape capsules that were built to bring the men to the surface after more than two months underground.

And the message that announced that the trapped men were alive and well has been copyrighted on behalf of the miner who wrote it, Jose Ojeda.

Chilean writer Pablo Huneeus registered the phrase in Mr Ojeda's name. It was discovered attached to a probe 17 days after the mine collapse.

Mr Pinera showed off the note during his visit to Europe last week and in the UK gave copies of it to the Queen and prime minister.

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