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7 dead, 60 missing in Indonesia's landslide

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-24 14:35
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JAKARTA: Rescuers have found seven bodies in Tuesday's landslide in West Java province of Indonesia and said at least 60 people are still buried in rubbles, according to provincial Disaster Management Agency on Wednesday.

"Based on the report of our personnel returning from the location this morning, seven bodies have been recovered and 35 houses are buried. So we predict more than 60 people are still buried," Dani Dudin, the agency secretary told Xinhua over phone from the province.

He said the missing people were likely buried in their houses.