Papua New Guinea says Friday’s landslide buried more than 2,000 people and formally asks for help
The government figure is roughly triple the U.N. estimate of 670 killed by the landslide in the South Pacific island nation's mountainous interior.
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#EggBoy: Australian senator who sent tweets blaming Muslims for mosque attacks gets egged in the head
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