Kyrgyz avalanche kills mountaineers from three countries
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An avalanche killed at least 11 mountaineers from Russia, Ukraine, and the Czech Republic, as they attempted to ascend one of the world's most dangerous peaks.
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Winter storms that have brought high winds, heavy snow and rain to the US west kill at least three people.
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Twenty-one people were killed Sunday in an explosion at a mine in the Karaganda region in Kazakhstan, the Interfax news agency said.
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Six climbers were killed on Thursday after they fell several hundred metres (more than 1,000 feet) in the Swiss Alps, rescuers in central Switzerland said.
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A truck carrying mining explosives blew up after colliding with another vehicle in northern Mexico, killing at least 37 people, including three reporters who came to the scene, state and federal officials said.
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Two people &#151; a snowmobiler and a snowboarder &#151; were killed in separate avalanches in central Utah, authorities said.
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Heavy snow causes scores of deaths and disruption in parts of Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Pakistan.
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Austrian rescuers look for a missing snowboarder after at least three people died in avalanches.
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An avalanche in central Russia on Monday  killed at least four children and seriously injured nine  others, RIA news agency quoted a spokesman for Russia's  emergency ministry as saying.
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A Russian army helicopter crashes in the North Caucasus, killing at least three people.
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Winter storms and avalanches across Europe killed at least six people and left three missing, and authorities in Bulgaria declared a state of emergency Friday.
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Two skiers die after being buried in an avalanche at a resort in northern Spain.
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An avalanche on a road linking the Tajik capital Dushanbe with the second city kills 16 people, police say.
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A string of avalanches in the mountains above Los Angeles have killed three people, including one who was found dead in the snow on Saturday, but another man walked out alive after taking shelter overnight.
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At least 23 people were killed in a landslide which hit a mountain village in southwestern China, where the search for missing people has been halted by fears of further slides, state media reported on Saturday.
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An accidental blast and lethal gas leaks at coalmines in Kazakhstan and Ukraine has killed at least 45 people in the latest series of tragedies to hit the mining sector across the ex-Soviet Union.
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A huge avalanche near Whitefish Mountain Resort killed two backcountry skiers and searchers combed the slide area for two other possible victims.