May 11, 2011 6:22 PM

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Landslide kills 19 in China

In China, 19 workers have been killed and three others are missing following a landslide on Monday in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The landslide hit a quarry in the village of Luojiang, Xianshui Township near Guilin, burying quarry workers resting in a makeshift dormitory. The local rescue headquarters today said the rescuers used life detectors to comb through the rubble of the landslide-hit quarry in Quanzhou County, but found no signs of life. Officials said the rescue work was complicated by Wednesday's increasingly heavy rain. Rainstorms wreaked havoc in many parts of Guangxi last weekend. The local government has warned residents of potential geological disasters, as the weather bureau said the rain is expected to continue for at least two more days.

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