Recovery operations suspended at China landslide, at least 25 dead

BEIJING (AFP) — Rescue operations at the site of a landslide in southwest China which left at least 25 dead and many others missing were suspended for fear of new landslides.

The bodies of 25 people have so far been recovered while another 19 people were still missing, Xinhua state news agency said citing rescue officials.

Officials have ruled out finding any of the buried victims alive after a huge mass of earth crashed down on a village in Guizhou province in the early hours of Friday.

"There's no hope that any of the victims buried will be found alive," said Guo Yan, head of the civil affairs bureau of Nayong county.

"We can only search during the daylight hours because at night it is too difficult to monitor if another landslide could occur."

The disaster, the latest to hit a country reeling from a series of recent mining ...