Avalanche

6 Feb 2013

An avalanche in a Himalayan region of northern India killed at least five villagers on Wednesday when their houses were buried under heavy snow, officials said.

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Avalanche deaths might be victims of China-Tibet tensions

26 Sep 2012

The climbers killed in a weekend avalanche in the Himalayas were part of a crush of mountaineers who came to the peak in Nepal because of heightened tensions between Chinese authorities and...

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Nepal avalanche survivors recount chilling last minutes on 'Killer Peak'

25 Sep 2012

Huddled in their sleeping bags, the climbers first heard the avalanche roar towards them and then the sound of screaming before being swept hundreds of metres down the slopes of "Killer Mountain...

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Nepal avalanche sweeps away climbers

24 Sep 2012

Rescue helicopters flew over the high slopes of a northern Nepal peak again on Monday to search for climbers lost in an avalanche that killed at least nine foreign mountaineers.

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The great ungroomed

25 Feb 2007

There comes a time in every snow-sport-lover's life when they have to step off the trail. They've conquered the snow plough and parallel turn with ease and carved up the groomed runs across the...

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Since I Left You

29 Jun 2001

(Modular)

Australians. Nice bunch, generally. Laid back. Good at barbecues. Like beer. Really, really funky . . .

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

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Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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Amnesty

From a small group of volunteers working in a tiny office in London, Amnesty International has grown to become the world's largest voluntary organisation dealing with human rights. Today, it has...

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Unsafe slopes threaten 400 schools, survey shows

Nearly 400 schools are threatened by dangerous slopes, a report shows.

They would cost about $800 million to repair, said the Geotechnical Engineering Office, which is investigating...

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Inclement weather

It's the season, it would seem, of the disaster movie.

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Collapsed wall showed no defects in check

THE Kennedy Town wall that collapsed on Saturday night, covering at least six people in an avalanche of mud, last month showed no defects in a routine work inspection.

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Caramba pick of Moore's big team

WITH the jockey-trainer partnership of Basil Marcus and David Hill climbing to the top of their respective premierships with winners galore, it must seem like shovelling snow off a descending...

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Avalanche toll

ANKARA: Rescuers have recovered 53 bodies from the snow in avalanche-hit Ozengili village in northeastern Turkey, the semi-official Anatolian news agency said yesterday. Three villagers were...

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