The rescue of the miners is taking on the dimensions of a national epic in Chile, something that will define the country in the eyes of the world for years to come. The drama has come at a poignant time, just as Chile was celebrating 200 years of independence and months after it was hit by a devastating earthquake. The deliverance of the miners has fuelled confidence that the country can also recover from that disaster. President Pinera has spoken of the rescue as forging a new spirit of national unity.
And you can watch live pictures from the rescue site on our website bbc.com/chilemine.
In other news, the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has addressed a huge rally of Lebanese Shia Muslims organised by Hezbollah. The event took place in the southern suburbs of Beirut. From there, Wyre Davies.
Here in southern Beirut, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was among friends, a huge rally of flag-waving Hezbollah supporters in the southern suburbs, listening to patriotic music and praising the Shia movement's clashes over the years with its avowed enemy Israel. Earlier, the Iranian president basked in similar scenes of adulation as he arrived at Beirut airport - his image and that of Iranian religious leaders flanking the road to the city centre. But many inside Lebanon and outside see this trip as nothing short of inflammatory, upsetting Lebanon's fragile political system.
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The United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said there shouldn't be a rush to lift the ban on openly gay people serving in the military. He was speaking after a judge in California ruled that the current "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which means that service personnel can't admit to being homosexual for fear of dismissal, was unconstitutional.