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By Sofia Menchu SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala (Reuters) - As many as 600 people are missing and at least nine are dead after a hillside collapsed on a town on the edge of Guatemala City, burying homes in earth and sludge and sparking a desperate hunt for survivors on Friday. Loosened by heavy rains, tons of dirt and trees tumbled onto Santa Catarina Pinula in a valley on the southeastern flank of the capital late on Thursday, flattening dozens of flimsy houses when many residents had gone to bed. Alejandro Maldonado, head of Guatemalan disaster agency CONRED, told a news conference at least nine people had been killed and as many as 600 could still be missing after the disaster, which he said hit 125 homes.More...