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Indonesia:Landslide:2005/02/21

Duration	2005/02/21	At least 13 people have been killed and more than 100 are missing following a landslide in Indonesia. The accident happened in Cimahi, near the West Javan town of Bandung, 180 km (110 miles) south-east of Jakarta.
Country or District	Indonesia
Name	Landslide

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Report/Articles Reuters AlertNet 2005/02/27 The death toll from a landslide that swept through two Indonesian villages near a garbage dump last week rose to 96 on Sunday as recovery crews pulled more bodies out of mounds of dirt and waste. BBC News 2005/02/22 Rescuers in Indonesia are continuing to dig through tonnes of earth and rubbish to search for survivors of Monday's landslide in West Java. CNN NEWS 2005/02/21 Nine people were killed and around 139 are missing after heavy rain caused a landslide on Monday near a garbage dump on the outskirts of the Indonesian city of Bandung, police said. BBC News 2005/02/21 Indonesia landslide buries dozens

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