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Rescue on for up to 100 missing in southern Philippine landslide
Jan 6, 2012, 3:01 GMT
Manila - Rescuers on Friday dug through mud and debris in a search for up to 100 missing in a landslide that buried a gold-rush village in the southern Philippines, killing at least 25 people.
Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said dozens of miners, soldiers and volunteers were working double time to find the missing under the rubble.
'The instruction is to recover most if not all of the missing,' he said. 'We are still optimistic some of the missing are still alive.'
The landslide struck at dawn on Thursday, burying at least 50 shanty houses in the village of Napnapan in Pantukan town, Compostela Valley province, 930 kilometres south of Manila. Sixteen people were rescued from the rubble while 25 were confirmed killed.
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