AT LEAST 24 people have died in a landslide in eastern Uganda. Torrential rains triggered the collapse in the Bulambuli district, where residents fear as many as 35 people may have been killed, Reuters reports. Hundreds of people died in a similar incident last year – after which authorities vowed to relocate up to half a million people to avoid a repeat of the tragedy.
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# landslide - Saturday 30 March, 2013
Chance of survivors “slim” in Tibet landslide search
Rescuers have not been able to find any survivors so far following a giant landslide in Tibet, which buried 83 mine workers under two million cubic metres of earth.
# landslide - Friday 7 September, 2012
Video: At least 64 dead and hundreds injured after China earthquakes
Footage showed landslides and rock falls causing damage after separate quakes struck two regions in the southwest of the country.
# landslide - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
Woman killed in Dorset landslide
22-year-old woman’s body was recovered last night following landslide by beach near Burton Bradstock
# landslide - Tuesday 17 July, 2012
Body discovered in car after Dorset landslide
A second body is expected to be found inside the tunnel, which suffered a partial collapse due to heavy rain ten days ago.
# landslide - Thursday 5 January, 2012
Landslide kills 25 and buries dozens more in Philippines
Aside from those confirmed dead, more than 100 people were believed buried in the rubble, local officials said.
# landslide - Wednesday 23 November, 2011
Video: Deadly flooding, mudslides strike Sicily
At least three people have been killed in flash flooding and mudslides caused by torrential rain in the region.
# landslide - Monday 29 August, 2011
# landslide - Saturday 21 May, 2011
Landslide hits orphanage burying 20 boys and four adults in Malaysia
A district police officer said firefighters and villagers pulled out six children who were critically injured and they were rushed to a hospital.
# landslide - Monday 28 February, 2011
Landslide destroys hundreds of homes in Bolivian capital
Weeks of heavy rain caused the earth to split and shift dramatically in La Paz yesterday.
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ONE OF AMERICA’S biggest child beauty pageant organisers is set to spend €20,000 staging their first-ever Irish contest in September.
The Herald reports today that beauty bosses said it will be open to “babies, toddlers and teens” and will also include a heat with kids in swimwear.
Some parents believe that contests celebrates their children’s beauty, helps them learn about camaraderie and boosts their self-confidence. While others think that beauty pageants send out the wrong kind of message to children and that the costumes and make-up involved sexualises kids.
So, today we would like to know: Would you enter your child in a beauty pageant?
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