66 bodies recovered
Chinese rescue crews have recovered a total of 66 bodies in the aftermath of a huge landslide in Tibet that buried more than 80 mine workers, state media said yesterday.
A total of 83 people were buried on Friday when a vast volume of rock crashed down a mountainside east of the Tibetan capital Lhasa, burying a mineworkers' camp.
The latest number of recovered bodies, reported by China's official news agency Xinhua, would mean that 17 were still missing.
Rescue operations resumed Tuesday morning after being suspended a day before due to fears of more landslides in the area.
The chances of finding any survivors are regarded as slim, state media has reported.
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