Heavy rains hold up search for bodies in Indonesia (AP)

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Indonesian villagers cover their faces as rescue volunteers retrieve bodies from the ground in an area severely hit by landslides following last Wednesday's earthquake in the Sumatran Island village of Jumanak, in Padang Pariaman, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Officials said hundreds of people were buried and presumed dead in the hillside villages in Padang Pariaman district on the western coast of Sumatra island following the 7.6 magnitude earthquake last week. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP – Search teams lost hope of finding any more survivors under the rubble left by a massive earthquake, as torrential rains on Sunday held up aid delivery in the remote hills of western Indonesia where several villages were wiped out.

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