Chilean miners ask media to back off

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Some of the 33 miners rescued earlier this week from deep underground in a Chilean mine are remaining tight-lipped about their ordeal and are asking the media to back off.

At a news conference on Saturday, a group of seven of the miners said they have decided not to discuss the details of their 69 days trapped in the mine in order to avoid undercutting the value of a book they want to put out about their time underground.