More bodies found in China mine collapse, 48 remain missing

ALXA LEAGUE, China — Rescuers with backhoes and bulldozers dug through tons of earth and rubble for 48 people missing after a landslide buried an open-pit mine in northern China on Thursday. CCTV reported that the death toll in the disaster rose to five. Conditions in the area remain dangerous, and the search had to be suspended for several hours after a second landslide at the gigantic facility in Inner Mongolia's Alxa League. On Thursday afternoon, more than a dozen bulldozers, trucks, SUVs and fire engines were seen passing through a remote police checkpoint around 16 miles southwest of the…