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Indonesian landslide death toll jumps to 20

JAKARTA — Rescue workers in western Indonesia used heavy equipment on Tuesday to dig out from weekend flooding and landslides that have killed at least 20 people, the country's national disaster agency said.

In North Sumatra province, the bodies of five people listed as missing had been pulled from under a mountain of mud and debris, agency spokesman Abdul Muhari said in a statement.

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