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16 Dead in Malaysia Orphanage Landslide

   VOA News  May 22, 2011
   Muslims lower bodies of victims who were killed in the Saturday's
   landslide during a burial in Hulu Langat in central Selangor state,
   outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 22, 2011

Photo: AP

   Muslims lower bodies of victims who were killed in the Saturday's
   landslide during a burial in Hulu Langat in central Selangor state,
   outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 22, 2011

   Police in Malaysia say they have ended search and rescue operations
   after pulling 16 dead and nine survivors from the rubble of an
   orphanage that was hit by a landslide Saturday.
   Authorities said Sunday they recovered the bodies of 15 boys, aged
   eight to 15, and one adult. Six boys and three adults were rescued and
   hospitalized.
   The landslide occurred Saturday afternoon in the village of Hulu
   Langat, just south of the capital of Kuala Lumpur, after days of heavy
   rains.

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