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Landslide buries mountain village in SW China, fears for 100 people

BEIJING, Jun 24 (Reuters) A landslide this morning in China's southwestern Sichuan province has buried the homes of around 100 people, according to the official Xinhua news agency, citing local authorities. Xinhua did not give an estimate of the number killed or injured, but it said the landslide had struck Xinmo village in Maoxian county, a remote mountainous area of north Sichuan close to the region of Tibet. The landslide blocked a two-kilometre (1.24 miles) stretch of a nearby river, according to Xinhua. REUTERS AD 0941
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Musk postpones India trip citing Tesla obligations

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