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Sierra Leone Mudslide: Hundreds Still Missing
As mass burials get underway, new fears of an outbreak of cholera or typhoid.
As mass burials get underway in the capital, Freetown, there are new fears of an outbreak of cholera or typhoid. Four hundred people are confirmed dead as the President declares seven days of mourning. Also: Philippine drug war's 'bloodiest night' and 'Frankenstein Dinosaur' mystery solved.
(Picture: Rescue operations at mudslide in Freetown, Credit: SAIDU BAH/AFP/GETTY)
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