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Sri Lanka Landslide Kills 10, Traps Hundreds

At least 10 people are dead and 250 missing after a landslide buried scores of homes in south-central Sri Lanka. Heavy rains triggered the wave of mud that rushed into the village of Haldummulla, 192 kilometers from the capital Colombo, in the country's tea-producing region. Children who left for school in the morning returned to find their houses had been buried, media said. “Rescue operations have recovered 10 bodies so far,” Pradeep Kodippili, spokesman for the Disaster...

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