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China Daily | Updated: 2008-08-25 07:41
9 mountaineers missing
An avalanche hit climbers on Mont Blanc yesterday, injuring three and leaving nine missing, Italian police said.
"The avalanche occurred at dawn on the French side, hitting a group of climbers who were roped together. Nine are missing and three are injured," a police official said.
The French police and the Italian Civil Protection were on the scene, he added. The injured are being treated at a hospital in the French town of Chamonix. Mont Blanc is the highest peak in the Alps, spanning the border between Italy and France.
(China Daily 08/25/2008 page14)
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