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Hope dims for survivors in Filipino mudslide

10 feared dead in new landslide in southern Philippines 

    At least 10 people were missing and feared dead in a landslide Saturday night near a mining headquarters in the province of Zamboanga del Sur in southern Philippines. << Full story

China offers $1 mln for Philippines landslide relief

    The Chinese government has decided to offer one million US dollars worth of emergency relief for the Philippine government to help its disaster-relief efforts in the landslide area. << Full story

10 feared dead in new landslide in southern Philippines  19/02 17:31:22

  At least 10 people were missing and feared dead in a landslide Saturday night near a mining headquarters in the province of Zamboanga del Sur in southern Philippines, reported the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Sunday.

Philippine, U.S. to transport dead bodies out of landslide site 19/02 15:11:15

  Philippine and U.S. military said they would transport dead bodies by helicopters out of the quagmire of mud and debris on Sunday at the landslide site here, in fear an epidemic could break out as bodies begin to rot.

Arroyo thanks int'l community for support after landslide 18/02 15:58:13

 Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo thanked the international community including the International Red Cross, United Nation Children's Fund and the U.S. government pledged their help for the victims of the tragedy.

No survivor found at Philippine landslide burial site 18/02 15:13:20

 GINSAUGON Village, the Philippines, Feb. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Soldiers, student volunteers and government officials have been arriving here since Saturday morning at the site of the mountain mud devastation which buried a village alive, in the hope of finding survivors.

Filipino mudslide deaths may top 1,500 17/02 23:55:20

  The Philippines suffered another national disaster which could have killed hundreds if not thousands when a devastating landslide buried alive a whole village in Southern Leyte province in the central Visayas region.

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Int'l community provides aid for landslide-hit Philippines  18/02 18:50:17

  The United States has ordered two warships, 17 helicopters and 1,000 Marines involved in joint exercises with Philippine troops to participate in rescue operations for a devastating landslide in the central Philippines

President Hu offers condolences over Filipino landslide victims 17/02 20:38:11

  Chinese President Hu Jintao sent amessage of condolence on Friday to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo over the heavy casualties and property loss caused by a massive landslide in the country.

Canadian FM expresses condolences over Philippines landslide 18/02 13:14:20

  Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay issued a statement Friday, paying condolences to the Philippine people on the tragedy caused by the landslide and offering assistance.


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