Rescuers recover bodies of 11 miners trapped by landslides after heavy rain

Miners take a break during the mine rescue mission in Chingola (AP Photo)

Eleven miners have been confirmed dead and their bodies retrieved from an open-pit copper mine in Zambia after landslides buried them in tunnels they were digging last month.

One survivor has been found but up to 26 others remain missing and are feared dead nearly two weeks after the disaster.