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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 10:02 AM
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Yemen landslide kills 30 people 12/29/2005
Edited on Thu Dec-29-05 10:03 AM by stop the bleeding

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. fighter jets dropped two 500-pound bombs on a village in northern

At least 30 people are dead and dozens are missing after a landslide destroyed a mountainside village in Yemen, government officials have said.

Around 30 houses were swept away in the village of al-Dhafir, about 20km (12 miles) south-west of the capital Sanaa.
Another 35 people have been injured in the disaster.

Police and troops are digging through the rubble for survivors. Prime Minister Abdul Qadir Bajamal visited the village to monitor the search.

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