China landslide deaths rise to 12
- Published: 11/05/2011 at 12:15 AM
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The death toll from a rain-triggered landslide at a quarry in south China has risen to 12, and rescuers say they have seen no signs that 10 others still missing are alive, state media said on Tuesday.
Chinese rescuers remove a body after a rain-triggered landslide at a quarry in Luojiang, south China. The death toll from a rain-triggered landslide at a quarry in south Chin has risen to 12, and rescuers say they have seen no signs that 10 others still missing are alive, state media said.
The landslide on Monday buried a workers' dormitory and the surrounding area under hundreds of thousands of tonnes of mud in Luojiang village, near the tourist city of Guilin in Guangxi region, the Xinhua news agency said.
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