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Alaska avalanche kills Conoco exec, worker missing

Kyle Hopkins and James Halpin The Seattle Times 02/15/2010

Afghan avalanche kills 165

Ben Farmer Telegraph 02/11/2010
Alaska avalanche kills Conoco exec, worker missing

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Poor weather kept Alaska state troopers from searching Sunday for a Conoco Phillips Alaska employee missing in the avalanche that killed company president Jim Bowles on Saturday, a spokeswoman for the Alaska State Troopers says.

Afghan avalanche kills 165

At least 165 people have been killed in a series of avalanches that ploughed into traffic in a mountain pass on Afghanistan's main north-south road.

 
5 Czechs, 1 Slovak killed in Austrian Alps avalanche

VIENNA (AFP) — Five Czech hikers and a Slovak national were killed when they were caught in an avalanche near the ski resort of Soelden in the Austrian Alps, police and rescue services said Sunday.