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- Uganda: Landslide Claims Lives (AllAfrica.com)
Mar 3, 2010 - A disastrous landslide in Eastern Uganda erased three villages in the Bududa district and left 80 dead. A MASSIVE landslide swept the slopes of Mt. Elgon in eastern Uganda on Monday night, killing at least 80 people, with 350 missing and feared dead. - Hundreds missing in Uganda mudslide (Malaysian Mirror)
Mar 3, 2010 - BUDUDA, Uganda -Rescuers clawed through mud in driving rain Wednesday in a desperate bid to find survivors from a huge landslide feared to have killed hundreds in villages in eastern Uganda. - Hopes fade for Uganda landslide survivors (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Mar 3, 2010 - Hopes were fading Wednesday of finding survivors of a landslide in eastern Uganda that has killed at least 80 people and left 300 missing, officials and rescue workers said. - UGANDA: Access problems limit landslide aid response (AlertNet)
Mar 3, 2010 - Source: IRIN Bad weather and lack of on-the-ground data are restricting the relief response to the 1 March landslide that is believed to have killed hundreds of people in eastern Uganda. - At least 80 dead in Ugandan mudslide (Channel 4)
Mar 3, 2010 - Three Ugandan villages have been buried in a torrent of mud and rubble, hurtling down the slopes of Mt Elgon. At least 80 people have died, while others are missing. - 77 bodies found, over 250 still missing in landslide in E Uganda (People's Daily)
Mar 3, 2010 - The Ugandan police on Wednesday said 77 bodies of victims of Monday night landslide in a hilly area in eastern part of the country have been recovered as rescue operation enters the second day. Idi Ssenkumbi, eastern Uganda police spokesperson, told Xinhua by telephone that over 250 people are still missing and feared dead in Bududa district after landslide swept away three villages. "We resumed ... - Frantic Ugandans Race To Free Mudslide Survivors (NPR)
Mar 3, 2010 - Thick rivers of mud engulfed three villages, burying worshippers as they prayed in a church and leaving more than 50 students who had sought refuge at a hospital missing under the debris of mud and boulders. The death toll stood at 86, and more than 250 were missing. - Search goes on for Uganda landslide survivors (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mar 3, 2010 - Soldiers and villagers in eastern Uganda hacked at mounds of thick mud with picks and hoes on Wednesday in a desperate bid to find more survivors from a landslide that killed at least 80 people. - Uganda stunned by mudslide disaster (EuroNews)
Mar 3, 2010 - One source says nearly 110 people have died and 400 remain missing after deadly mudslides tore through three villages in Uganda. Torrential rains had lashed the region in the mountainous east near the Kenyan border, before thousands of tons of rock and soil crashed onto the communities. - 80 die in Uganda landslide, 400 missing (Sydney Morning Herald)
Mar 3, 2010 - At least 80 people have died and 400 are missing after a landslide swept away entire villages in eastern Uganda, the Red Cross says.