A massive landslide in northern China has partially buried a village and killed at least 23 people, state media reports. ...full story at Sydney Morning Hearld
from Sydney Morning Hearld on Tue, Nov 17 2009
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| 12 Sep 08 |
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China Land Slide ར྄ྒ྄ྱ་ནག་རི་ཉུལ 中国自然灾害 »
YouTube video The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a northern
Chinese town rose to 178 on Friday with the discovery of 27 more bodies.
State media on Thursday had quoted Minister of Work Safety Wang Jun
saying "several hundred" people were thought still... |
| 17 Nov 09 |
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Landslide kills 23 in Shanxi Province » Shanghai Daily EIGHT children aged one to four are among 23 people confirmed dead in Monday's massive landslide that buried part of a village in northern China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said yesterday. The landslide,... |
| 16 Nov 09 |
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At least 3 killed, 20 buried in landslide in north China » People's Daily Rescuers have found three bodies after a massive landslide buried part of a village in north China's Shanxi Province on Monday. About 20 people were believed buried under the debris and two were pulled out alive, said Nie Chunyu, Party chief of... |
| 22 Sep 08 |
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State Council launches probe into landslide » Shanghai Daily THE State Council, China's Cabinet, has sent a team to investigate the landslide that buried dozens of people in the northern Shanxi Province, but was initially played down by local authorities. The landslide... |
| 22 Sep 08 |
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Central gov't investigates north China landslide » People's Daily The State Council, China's Cabinet, has sent a team to investigate the landslide that buried dozens of people in the northern Shanxi Province, but was initially played down by local authorities. The landslide toppled a waste dump of a local iron... |
| 13 Jun 08 |
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Seven dead in north China landslide » People's Daily Seven people were killed and several others buried in a landslide in Luliang of north China's Shanxi Province on Friday, the local government said. The landslide occurred at 10:20 a.m. on a mountain in the Shang'an village. It devas ... |