Officials: 6 killed in Swiss avalanche
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An avalanche in central Switzerland has killed six people, rescue services said Thursday.
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An avalanche killed at least 16 people in the mountains of Tajikistan on Saturday while more people remained trapped under snow, an Interior Ministry official said.
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All the 24 people who were in a helicopter which crashed in Nepal have been killed,  officials say.
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An avalanche swept into a chairlift Sunday at a ski resort that is part of Russia's bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics, killing a 10-year-old child and trapping at least three other people, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.
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Two teams of three climbers hit by avalanche on south-west flank of Jungfrau peak, reports say.
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Avalanches killed three skiers and critically injured four others Saturday in Austria's Alps, and authorities suspended a search for a missing American snowboarder.
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An American skier was reported missing following avalanches in western Austria that also killed three people and injured four others, police said.
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Six climbers were killed on Thursday in the Swiss Alps, rescuers in the village of Lauterbrunnen in central Switzerland said.
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At least six people were killed Wednesday in an explosion caused by gunpowder in shops selling ammunition for hunting rifles, police said. Nine others were injured, and the blast gouged a huge crater into the neighborhood.
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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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At least six people were killed and scores missing in Nepal on Tuesday after a suspension bridge collapsed into a river in the west of the Himalayan country, police said.
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A young Canadian couple were missing and feared dead in the Swiss Alps more than 24 hours after triggering an avalanche while snowboarding, police said.
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Avalanches killed at least five skiers in the Swiss and French Alps on Sunday following days of heavy snow, authorities said.
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Rescue workers spent all day Saturday digging through a massive snow pile but found no traces of five people feared dead in a 300-yard-wide, 500-yard-long avalanche that cascaded down a Utah mountainside a day earlier.
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Forty people were killed in avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, police said.
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Four climbers died of cold and exhaustion after losing their way on snow-capped Mont Blanc in the French Alps, police said Tuesday.
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Authorities ended a large-scale search for victims of last week's massive avalanche Monday and said there is a good chance a body found over the weekend was the lone victim.