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NAT066 – (Papua-New-Guinea-Landslide)
UNDATED. x–12s. The government of Papua New Guinea says more than two-thousand people are believed to have been buried alive by a landslide in a remote area of the island nation. A-B-C’s James Longman reports officials are formally asking for international help.
(“..still rushing.”) (SOURCE:ABC)

TAG: The figure is roughly triple the U-N estimate of 670 killed by the landslide.

The Canadian Press broadcast team, ABC