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| Southeast Asia |
| 300 feared dead in Java landslide |
| 2006-01-05 |
| A landslide unleashed by heavy rains in Indonesia's Central Java Island on Wednesday has killed 16 people but hundreds were feared dead as rescuers called off a search for survivors amid safety concerns. A torrent of mud slammed into dozens of homes in Sijeruk village, 370 kilometres (230 miles) east of Jakarta, in the second disaster to hit Java island this week caused by monsoon rains and, activists charged, deforestation. "We suspect there are about 300 people in 120 houses buried in the mud," local chief of police operations Budi said, adding that about 150 police and soldiers were involved in rescue operations. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Allan is angry. Again. Let's see, since the Islamist media mocked the USA over the suffering in New Orleans, we've had an earthquake in Pakistan that killed 80,000, another one in Iran that killed about 1,000, and now these landslides that take out over 300. See what happens when you suggest Allan punishes those you dislike? It can always rebound in your direction because Allan Acts In Mysterious Ways. |
| Posted by: The Happy Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2006-01-05 10:27 |
| #1 Punished by god for being muslim. That's what it has to be. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-01-05 08:43 |