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Thu Jan-05-12 12:55 AM Original message |
| At least 25 dead in south Philippines mining landslide |
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Source: BBC News
At least 25 people have been killed and 100 more are missing after a landslide struck a mining village in the southern Philippines, officials say. The landslide occurred at about 3:00 a.m. on Thursday morning (19:00 GMT Wednesday) in Pantukan, Compostela Valley province, on Mindanao island. Civil defence chief Benito Ramos told the BBC it was triggered by "continuous rain" over two days. A nearby village was also hit by a landslide last year that left 14 dead. "A military unit is in the area but they are basically digging with their hands," Mr Ramos told the AFP news agency Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16420800  |
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