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Landslide from heavy rains kills 20 in Colombia

  • Landslide hits bus

  • Downpours have killed hundreds since mid-2010

  • Flooding wreaks billions of dollars in damages

BOGOTA, April 14 (Reuters) - An avalanche of mud smashed into a local bus in Colombia, killing at least 20 people after heavy rains battering the Andean nation caused a landslide, the government's disaster agency said on Thursday.

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