Taiwan mudslide rescue finds 700

Published: 12 August 2009 y., Wednesday
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About 700 people from the remote mountains of southern Taiwan have been found alive overnight, after fears they may have been buried by mudslides.

But officials caution that many are still missing.

Šaltinis: Reuters
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