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5 gold miners killed in Indonesian landslide

Other News Materials 31 October 2008 09:47 (UTC +04:00)

An emergency official says five gold miners have been killed and another 20 are missing following a landslide in central Indonesia, the Associated Press reported.

Rustam Pakaya, who heads the Health Ministry's Crisis Management Center, said Friday the men were buried while

working in a small mine on Sulawesi island.

He says five bodies have been recovered and that rescuers are still searching for the missing.

The landslide occurred Thursday in Bombana, a region 930 miles ( 1,500 kilometers) east of the capital, Jakarta.

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