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Wednesday, 4 January 2006, 14:28 GMT

In pictures: Indonesia landslide

A woman stands in the wreckage of Sijeruk village in Banjarnegara district, Central Java, Indonesia Wednesday Jan. 4, 2006.

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Another flooding disaster has hit the Indonesian island of Java - this time a village was buried by a landslide in Central Java.

Indonesian soldiers and local residents stand in the wreckage of Sijeruk village in Banjarnegara district, Central Java, Indonesia Wednesday Jan. 4, 2006.

Indonesian soldiers and local residents stand in the wreckage of Sijeruk village in Banjarnegara district, Central Java, Indonesia Wednesday Jan. 4, 2006.

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Officials are desperately trying to find survivors - scores of people are feared dead.

People walk along their levelled village in Sijeruk, some 370 kilometres (230 miles) east of the capital Jakarta, after a landslide devastated the area 04 January 2006.

People walk along their levelled village in Sijeruk, some 370 kilometres (230 miles) east of the capital Jakarta, after a landslide devastated the area 04 January 2006.

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The landslide was triggered by days of pounding rain.

Indonesian residents and soldiers rescue a young girl from a village in Jember, 03 January 2006.

Indonesian residents and soldiers rescue a young girl from a village in Jember, 03 January 2006.

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Rescuers are still struggling to rescue survivors from floods and landslides in East Java, which have killed at least 70 others.

Soldiers and residents build temporary bridges as they rescue the flash floods victims and villagers in Jember district of East Java, 02 January 2006.

Soldiers and residents build temporary bridges as they rescue the flash floods victims and villagers in Jember district of East Java, 02 January 2006.

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Soldiers and residents have had to build temporary bridges to reach the stranded.

Indonesian soldiers rescue children from a village in Jember, 03 January 2006.

Indonesian soldiers rescue children from a village in Jember, 03 January 2006.

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Thousands of people have been made homeless by the disaster.

Indonesian search and rescue members help an elderly woman during an evacuation at a village in Jember, 03 January 2006.

Indonesian search and rescue members help an elderly woman during an evacuation at a village in Jember, 03 January 2006.

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There are particular concerns for the elderly and children.

This is a view of a neighbourhood after flash floods struck in Kemiri village near the town of Jember, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 2, 2006.

This is a view of a neighbourhood after flash floods struck in Kemiri village near the town of Jember, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 2, 2006.

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Officials fear the effects of the flooding were exacerbated by deforestation.

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