20:01, 16 April 2009 | GMT +5
16 die in Kyrgyzstan landslide
BISHKEK. April 16. KAZINFORM. Sixteen people died in a landslide in Kyrgyzstan's Dzhalal-Abad region, Aksyisky district, on Thursday, the press service of the republic's Emergency Situations Ministry told Itar-Tass; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

Rescuers and special equipment have been sent to the Raikomol village. Emergency Situations Minister Kamchybek Tashiyev is on his way to the scene; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.