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Report: Landslide topples apartment buildings, burying unknown number of people in east China

BEIJING - A massive landslide triggered by a deadly typhoon toppled at least six apartment buildings burying an unknown number of residents in eastern China, a state news agency said Tuesday. ...full story at CNews

from CNews on Tue, Aug 11 2009

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