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The body of a victim is seen after a rain-triggered mudslide in Xiangfen county, Shanxi province
09 Sep 2008
Source: Reuters
 
The body of a victim is seen after a rain-triggered mudslide in Xiangfen county, Shanxi province, September 9, 2008. Hundreds of people may be missing after a mudslide triggered the collapse of a reservoir of iron ore waste in northern China, burying houses and sweeping away cars in a wall of thick sludge that killed at least 34 people. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA). CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.
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A resident walks at the scene of a rain-triggered mudslide in Xiangfen county, Shanxi province, September 9, 2008. Hundreds of people may be missing after a mudslide triggered the collapse of ...


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