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Total of 54 Tibet landslide bodies recovered—state media

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, earthmovers remove rocks and mud on the scene where a landslide hit a mining area in Maizhokunggar County of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Friday, March 29, 2013. The large landslide trapped dozens of workers in the gold mining area, state media reported. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chogo)

Chinese rescue crews have recovered a total of 54 bodies in the aftermath of a huge landslide in Tibet that buried more than 80 mine workers, state television reported Tuesday.

Posted: April 2nd, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

No survivors day after 83 buried in China landslide–Xinhua

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, earthmovers remove rocks and mud on the scene where a landslide hit a mining area in Maizhokunggar County of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Friday, March 29, 2013. The large landslide trapped dozens of workers in the gold mining area, state media reported. (AP

Chinese authorities said no survivors had yet been found 28 hours after 83 copper mine workers were buried in a huge landslide in Tibet despite a major high-altitude search operation, state media reported.

Posted: March 30th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

China: Landslide buries 83 in Tibet gold mine area

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, earthmovers remove rocks and mud on the scene where a landslide hit a mining area in Maizhokunggar County of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Friday, March 29, 2013. The large landslide trapped dozens of workers in the gold mining area, state media reported. (AP

No signs of life have been detected at a gold mining site in a mountainous area of Tibet more than 24 hours after a massive landslide buried 83 workers, Chinese state media said Saturday.

Posted: March 30th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

China: Landslide traps 83 in Tibet gold mine area

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, earthmovers remove rocks and mud on the scene where a landslide hit a mining area in Maizhokunggar County of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Friday, March 29, 2013. The large landslide trapped dozens of workers in the gold mining area, state media reported.  AP/Xinhua, Chogo/NO SALES

Chinese state media say a large landslide Friday trapped 83 workers in a gold mining area in Tibet. China Central Television cited a local official as saying the landslide occurred early in the morning and covered around 4 square kilometers (1.5 square miles) in the Maizhokunggar county of Lhasa, the regional capital.

Posted: March 29th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Photos & Videos,World | Read More »

Brazil landslides claim at least 24 lives

Firefighters carry a dead body after a landslide in Petropolis, 68 kilometers (42 miles) north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 18, 2013. At least 24 people were killed by landslides spawned by heavy rains in a mountainous area of the Brazilian sate of Rio de Janeiro, authorities said Tuesday.  AP PHOTO/TANIA REGO, AGENCIA BRASIL

RIO DE JANEIRO—At least 24 people were killed by landslides spawned by heavy rains in a mountainous area of the Brazilian sate of Rio de Janeiro, authorities said Tuesday.   Another 18 people have been injured and 1,466 were forced to leave their homes or were left homeless following the heavy downpour that began late [...]

Posted: March 20th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Semirara getting ready to resume coal mining

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FAMILIES of the buried workers of Semirara Mining Corp., company officials and workers attend a Mass near the collapsed portion of the wall of the Pantian open mine pit. RAFFY LERMA

The Department of Energy (DOE) has allowed the Semirara Mining Company (SMC) to conduct preparatory activities for the resumption of mining operations even as the search continues for five missing workers buried alive in last month’s landslide at the Panian open mine pit on Semirara Island in Antique.

Posted: March 10th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Regions | Read More »

Retrieval of landslide victims ends

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The retrieval of bodies of victims of a landslide inside the geothermal complex of the Energy Development Corp. (EDC) in Kananga, Leyte, ended yesterday with the recovery of two more bodies, which brought to 14 the death toll in the accident.

Posted: March 7th, 2013 in Headlines,Regions | Read More »

4 more bodies recovered from geothermal landslide area in Leyte

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Rescuers have recovered four more bodies at the landslide area inside the geothermal complex of the Energy Development Corp. in Kananga town, Leyte.

Posted: March 6th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Regions | Read More »

Death toll in Leyte landslide rises to 6

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The number of fatalities in last week’s landslide at the Energy Development Corp. geothermal complex in Kananga town, Leyte has risen to six with eight more workers still missing.

Posted: March 4th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Regions | Read More »

Body retrieved in Leyte landslide

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Rescuers retrieved on Sunday night the body of one of the nine workers who were missing following a landslide inside the geothermal complex of the Energy Development Corp. (EDC) in Kananga town, Leyte.

Posted: March 3rd, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Regions | Read More »

9 missing in Leyte landslide; search-and-rescue ops to continue early Saturday

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Three more workers were reported missing in the landslide that hit a project area inside the geothermal complex of Energy Development Corp. in Kananga town, Leyte.

Posted: March 2nd, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Regions | Read More »

They worked to protect EDC pipes from landslides but were buried with them

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They were working on a project to protect from landslides the steam pipes inside the geothermal complex of Energy Development Corp. (EDC) in Leyte on Friday morning when disaster struck.

Posted: March 1st, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Regions | Read More »

5 killed, 6 missing in Leyte geothermal field landslide

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Two weeks of intermittent rains triggered a landslide late Friday morning at the Energy Development Corp.’s geothermal steam field in Leyte, claiming the lives of five workers, the company announced. Six others were still missing.

Posted: March 1st, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Regions | Read More »

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