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7 hrs ago | Irish Examiner

Victims to get advance details of abuse probe

JUSTICE Minister Dermot Ahern has agreed to give victims of clerical sexual abuse advance details of the Dublin Archdiocese report as helplines prepare for an avalanche of calls from survivors.

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22 hrs ago | Times Online

Last message of 'greatest climber'

The body of the Slovenian mountaineer recognised as one of the greatest climbers of the modern era has been brought to Kathmandu after he died while making a daredevil solo attempt on a treacherous Himalayan peak.

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Related Topix: Nepal, World News, Asia

Fri Nov 20, 2009

KansasCity.com

The nation's weather

New England was expected to see another dreary day, while the Pacific Northwest remains under wintry conditions on Friday.A low pressure system was forecast to continue moving over British Colombia from the Pacific Ocean.

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Related Topix: Weather, Indio, CA

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Almost 200 Deaths in El Salvador

Another three dead bodies were found increasing to 192 the number of death in El Salvador, affected by tropical storm Ida and an area of low-pressure from the Pacific Ocean last November 7 and 8. According to a report from the Ministry of Civil Protection, those dead bodies were found at Paz Department, while rescue work will continue in the rest ...

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Travels with Terry - OregonLive.com

New Web site helps track Northwest avalanche conditions

A new avalanche safety Web site for the Cascade and Olympic mountains has been launched by Friends of the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center, in collaboration with the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center.

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SmarterTravel

$49 O/W Southwest Ski Sale*

Southwest's latest sale links ski destinations Denver, Reno/Tahoe, and Salt Lake City with several other cities such as Los Angeles, Orlando, and Portland.

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Related Topix: Denver Metro

Mon Nov 16, 2009

About.com

Alpinist Tomaz Humar Dies on Nepalese Peak

The year of 2009 will go down as one of the darkest in mountaineering history. The latest climber to die is 40-year-old Tomaz Humar , a Slovenian alpinist who fell during a solo attempt on the immense unclimbed South Face of 23,711-foot Lantang Lirung in northern Nepal.

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Related Topix: Nepal, Asia, World News,

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Seattle Times

Officials: veteran climber Humar dies in Himalayas

A veteran Slovenian climber was found dead in the Himalayas Saturday days after he was injured and stranded on a 23,710-foot mountain, a mountain rescue company and a close friend said.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Yakima Herald-Republic

Chinook Pass closed due to heavy snow, avalanche danger

The state Department of Transportation closed Chinook Pass due to heavy snow and avalanche danger Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: Weather

Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Aspen Times

Colorado film festival honors founder killed in avalanche

Jonny Copp, an avid mountaineer and founder of the Adventure Film Festival in Boulder, hoped to document an unprecedented ascent with two buddies up the east face of southwest China's formidable Mount Edgar this spring.

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Related Topix: Arden Hills, MN

More Cowbell

The Blind Shake, Lover! (ex-Lost Sounds/Reatards), Bass Drum of Death ...

The Blind Shake, Lover! , Bass Drum of Death France Has the Bomb, Ratt Poison Bass Drum of Death - " Spare Room from WeeklyTapeDeck.com Just one of theA many Oxford, MS natives that you will probably hear us talk about in the future.A Focusing on John Barret'sA Bass Drum of Death , I'm sure the initial imagery points to aA metal-manic face-painted ...

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Related Topix: Oxford, MS, Media, Music

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Boulder Daily Camera

Show goes on for Boulder's Adventure Film Festival, despite Jonny...

"Journey of a Red Fridge" is one of 30 films screening at this year's Adventure Film Festival in Boulder.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts

Sun Nov 08, 2009

OfficialWire

El Salvador Rains, Floods Kill 54

A total of 54 people died Sunday in El Salvador as the Central American country was besieged by heavy rains, flooding and landslides, authorities said.

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Related Topix: World News, El Salvador

Fri Nov 06, 2009

St. Louis Nursing News

'Disney's A Christmas Carol' needs more emotion

The timeless holiday classic written in 1843 by Charles Dickens becomes the third motion-capture animated film for Academy Award-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis .

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Animation Movies, Short, A Christmas Carol, Family, Drama Movies, Disney's A Christmas Carol, Musical Movies, Vocal, Charles Dickens, The Polar Express, Adventure, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Entertainment

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Hindustan Times

Search ends for Russians buried in China avalanche

China's state news agency says rescuers have suspended their search for a pair of Russian adventurers buried a week ago in an avalanche in southwestern China.

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Related Topix: China, Asia, World News

Tue Nov 03, 2009

People's Daily

China vows utmost efforts to rescue missing Russian tourists

A Chinese government official Tuesday said the authorities would spare no efforts to rescue the two Russian tourists missing in an avalanche in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

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Related Topix: China, Asia, World News

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Shanghai Daily

Victims of avalanche believed dead

TWO Russian tourists missing in an avalanche in southwest China had "virtually zero" chance of survival after being buried for five days, but rescue efforts would continue, local authorities said yesterday.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Whidbey News-Times

Ghost train: Oak Harbor man investigates disaster at Stevens Pass

Oak Harbor resident Bill Robards is making a documentary movie about the tragedy at the small Washington town of Wellington nearly a century ago.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Oak Harbor, WA, Supernatural, Life, Holidays, Halloween

Malaysian National News Agency

Two Russian Tourists Missing In Southwest China Mountain

Two Russian tourists were reported missing in a scenic mountain in southwest China's Sichuan Province after an avalanche, said local authorities on Saturday, Xinhua reported.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Cbs4denver.com

Colorado Officials Warn Of Avalanche Danger

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