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Oct 31, 2008
Indon landslide kills 5
25 feared dead
JAKARTA - A LANDSLIDE on Indonesia's Sulawesi island killed five gold miners while another 20 people are still missing in the area, a health ministry official said on Friday.

'A huge amount of sand fell down and buried the people on Thursday afternoon. The rescue team found five dead bodies this morning', Health Ministry crisis centre head Rustam Pakaya said.

The collapse occurred in Indonesia's south-east province.

Landslides and floods are common during the rainy season in Indonesia. -- REUTERS, AFP

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