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Train hits landslide, derails in China, killing 19 (AP)

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers work at the site where a passenger train derailed in Dongxiang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sunday, May 23, 2010. The passenger train hit by landslides derailed Sunday in eastern China, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 50 others, state television reported.  (AP Photo/Xinhua,Chen Chunyuan) ** NO SALES **AP - A passenger train hit by landslides derailed Sunday in eastern China, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 70 others, state media reported. The latest death toll jumped from initial reports of eight killed, as rescuers dug out more bodies from mangled and overturned train carriages, the official Xinhua News Agency said.


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