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China declares day of mourning after landslide (AP)

August 14th, 2010

An elderly man grieves at the site of a mud slide that swept away part of the town of Zhouqu in northwest China's Gansu province on Thursday Aug. 12, 2010. Overnight thunderstorms brought new misery to a remote area of northwestern China on Thursday as the death toll from weekend flooding and massive landslides rose. The rains triggered new mudslides, leaving five more missing, and another swollen river threatened to overflow.(AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - China declared a national day of mourning for victims of a massive landslide in the remote northwest, as authorities on Saturday stressed the importance of hygiene and safety for the thousands now living in temporary shelters.


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