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More than 20 buried in China landslide

More than 20 workers at a quarry in south China were buried on Monday when a rain-triggered landslide hit their makeshift dormitory, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Updated on: May 10, 2011, 08:21:21 IST
AFP | By , Beijing
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More than 20 workers at a quarry in south China were buried on Monday when a rain-triggered landslide hit their makeshift dormitory, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

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The incident took place at about 1.30pm (0530 GMT) in Luojiang village near Guilin city in the Guangxi region, which was hit by heavy rain at the weekend, the report said.

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