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Landslide kills 7 in northwest China

Updated: 2013-10-06 07:14

(Xinhua)

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XINING - A landslide killed seven people in northwest China's Qinghai Province Saturday afternoon, according to local authorities.

Bodies of five women and two men have been retrieved from the rubbles by 20:30 p.m., sources said.

Local officials are investigating the cause.

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