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Ethiopia landslides kill at least 157 people

by VOA News

   Authorities say at least 157 people are dead after landslides in
   southern Ethiopia.

   The disasters occurred in a district of the Gofa Zone administrative
   area. Many of the victims were buried in a landslide on Monday as
   people were digging through the rubble searching for survivors of
   another mudslide the day before.

   Officials said Monday that at least 55 people had been killed in that
   landslide.

   Some information for this report came from The Associated Press,
   Reuters and Agence France-Presse.

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