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Landslide kills 6 villagers in southwest China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-09-18 21:15

GUIYANG -- Six villagers, including a one-year-old infant, died after a rain-triggered landslide damaged their homes in southwest China's Guizhou Province early on Thursday.

The landslide occurred at around 4 a.m. in Qinghe Village, Weining County, damaging five houses and burying the six villagers, the Guizhou provincial government said.

Rescuers have retrieved all the bodies.