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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 02:18 PM
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Scores missing in Mexico following landslides in Oaxaca
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11429439
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At least seven people have been killed and 100 are missing after an overnight landslide in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, officials have said.

Heavy rain saturated a 200m (656ft) wide strip of mountainside above the town of Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec, causing it to slip at 0400 (0900 GMT).

Oaxaca's governor earlier said between 100 and 300 homes had been buried, with as many as 600 people sleeping inside.

Rescue teams have struggled to reach the area because the roads are cut off.

"There has been lots of rain, rivers have overflowed and we're having a hard time reaching the area because there are landslides on the roads," Oaxaca state governor Ulises Ruiz told the Televisa network. He said local telephone lines had been cut off.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 02:23 PM
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1. 160,000 people die everyday.
We need to produce that many headlines!
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