Indonesian President Urges Speed in Landslide Rescue

Indonesian rescuers started using heavy equipment in the search for more than 70 people missing after a mudslide, triggered by torrential rains, buried a village late Friday. President Joko Widodo visited the area Sunday and stressed the need to speed up search efforts. Rescuers had been digging through the mud and rubble with bare hands and makeshift tools. Officials said that as of Sunday, the death toll in Jemblung village in Banjarnegara district of Central Java province rose to at...

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