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Uganda Begins Search for Landslide Victims

Kampala : Uganda | Jun 25, 2012 at 11:23 PM PDT
Source: Voice of America
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James Butty June 26, 2012 Uganda has sent a rescue team to eastern Bududa district where more than a 100 people may have been killed Monday by a landslide caused by heavy rainfall. It is believed as many as three villages might have been buried.   A member of parliament from the region was quoted as saying... FULL ARTICLE AT Voice of America
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