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Indonesia landslide kills five

Published:Tuesday | February 23, 2010 | 1:39 PM

At least five people have been killed and dozens are missing after a huge landslide buried a village in West Java, Indonesia.



Hundreds of people have been left homeless by the landslide, which is reported to have hit a workers\' housing area in the morning.



Officials say rescue teams have been sent to look for survivors at a tea plantation near Bandung, south of the capital, Jakarta.



However, their efforts are reportedly being hampered by poor communication due to the collapse of a mobile phone tower, which was brought down by the landslide.