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Landslide hits Pantukan, Philippines
A landslide occurred at the small-scale mining community in Compostela Valley, in the Philippines, killing at least 22 people.
![A landslide buried a small-scale mining community of Pantukan in southern Philippines, Jan. 6, 2012. The landslide killed at least 22 people and injured more than a dozen others. (AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/DE5E4308-0129-417D-8134-F8F7F1C0C13B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A landslide buried a small-scale mining community of Pantukan in southern Philippines, Jan. 6, 2012. The landslide killed at least 22 people and injured more than a dozen others. (AP)
![Shanty houses were destroyed after the landslide in Pantukan. (Reuters)](https://gdb.voanews.com/ED9DC266-D406-4B7D-AD63-CA20A6726024_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shanty houses were destroyed after the landslide in Pantukan. (Reuters)
![Rescuers use shovels to dig at the site of a landslide during a search and rescue operation. (Reuters)](https://gdb.voanews.com/4D75FDF6-7C22-49E4-97D5-BCB42695F03E_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rescuers use shovels to dig at the site of a landslide during a search and rescue operation. (Reuters)
![The Bayan Mo Ipatrol Mo (BMPM) provided this photo of the landslide, January 5, 2012. (BMPM/Reuters)](https://gdb.voanews.com/C1DC38AB-DF3D-44A3-B6E6-3A74A76BA6FE_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Bayan Mo Ipatrol Mo (BMPM) provided this photo of the landslide, January 5, 2012. (BMPM/Reuters)