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Landslide in hilly south China kills at least 46

BEIJING – The Chinese authorities have pulled out all 46 bodies that were buried and killed by a landslide that swept through a village in the steep, snow-dusted mountains of southern China on Friday, state media reported Saturday.

The landslide smothered 14 homes in Zhaojiagou village in Yunnan province, burying 46 people, the local county government of Zhenxiong said in public statements posted on its official website.

The state-run China Central Television said Saturday that all the bodies had been recovered.

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