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Rescued miners OK in hospital, preparing for onslaught of attention as Chile impresses world

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile - Chile's 33 rescued miners have met with the country's president in the hospital ward where they're being checked after being pulled from the mine.

Doctors say most are doing well and several are expected to be released today, reuniting with their families and beginning to deal with an onslaught of global interest in their ordeal.

President Sebastian Pinera is celebrating the success story as an achievement that will bring Chile a new level of respect around the world.

But he says Chile must learn from the experience too, and vows fundamental changes in how businesses treat their workers.

Never again, he says, will Chile allow people to work in such inhumane conditions as the collapsed mine.

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** CORRECTS LAST NAME IN SECOND REFERENCE ** Rescued miner Luis Urzua shouts "Long live Chile" as he arrives to the hospital in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday Oct. 14, 2010. Urzua was the last of 33 trapped miners to be rescued from the San Jose mine after more than two months trapped underground. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)