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Indonesia floods, landslides kill 17

Four children were among 17 people killed over the weekend in central Indonesia after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides, officials said on Monday.

Residents salvage their belongings while floods inundate the city of Manado on February 17, 2013. Four children were among 17 people killed over the weekend in central Indonesia after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides, officials said.

The children, aged between two and nine, died along with 13 adults when flooding and landslides hit the northern part of Sulawesi island early Sunday, provincial disaster management agency spokesman Howke Makawarung told AFP.

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