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Ten climbers missing after avalanche in French Alps ANNECY, France (AFP) - Helicopters, dozens of rescuers and dogs hunted Sunday for 10 climbers -- among them five Austrians and three Swiss -- missing after an avalanche near Mont Blanc in the French Alps, police said.   Nations:France Italy   Source:(AFP)   2008-08-24 Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps.   2008-05-14 Ancient records help test climate change A librarian at this 10th century monastery leads a visitor beneath the vaulted ceilings of the archive past the skulls of two former abbots. He pushes aside medieval ledgers of indulgences and absolutions, pulls out one of 13 bound diaries inscribed from 1671 to 1704 and starts to read about the weather.   Nations:Switzerland Germany Japan   2007-09-17 Swiss open world's longest land tunnel With a ceremony that went off like a classic Swiss timepiece, officials Friday inaugurated the world's longest overland tunnel, a 34.6-kilometer-long (21-mile-long) rail link under the Alps meant to ease highway traffic jams in the mountainous country.   Nations:Italy Germany Switzerland France   2007-06-16 Scientists say 'Iceman' died from arrow A prehistoric hunter known as Oetzi whose well-preserved body was found on a snow-covered mountain in the Alps died more than 5,000 years ago after being struck in the back by an arrow, scientists said in an article published Wednesday.   Nations:Italy Switzerland   2007-06-06 Headlines Ten climbers missing after avalanche in French Alps 2008-08-24 Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing 2008-05-14 Ancient records help test climate change 2007-09-17 Swiss open world's longest land tunnel 2007-06-16 Scientists say 'Iceman' died from arrow 2007-06-06 Mountaineers testify to warming's effect 2007-04-07 Japan's slopes emerge as new ski magnet 2007-03-03 Experts: Warming may harm Tuscan wines 2007-02-21 Glaciers may vanish from Alps by 2050 2007-01-22 Four die in Austrian Alpine tunnel crash 2001-08-07 Most-viewed Mountaineers testify to warming's effect 2007-04-07 Japan's slopes emerge as new ski magnet 2007-03-03

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