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6 people missing, feared dead after fire at rural guesthouse. Bavaria
2005 |
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Rescuers fight Alpine tunnel fire Southern France: At least 1 person has been killed in a fire that has broken out in a road between Italy and France
2001 |
| Oct.24 |
Tunnel inferno after head-on crash. Switzerland
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| Aug.27 |
8 mountain climbers die in 3 different accidents in Alps. Austria
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| May.31 |
John Kerry breaks leg in bicycle crash in France
Southern France: The US Secretary of State John Kerry has broken his leg in a biking accident in the French Alps. Kerry, 71, was in a stable condition in hos...
2012 |
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Switzerland coach crash kills 28
2007 |
| Jul.22 |
Bus crash kills 26 Polish pilgrims
Map of Grenoble null Pilgrims died when their coach crashed off a mountain road at an accident black spot in the Alps and burst into flames
2005 |
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Coach plunges into ravine, 12 died. Switzerland
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2014 |
| Oct.22 |
WHO crisis team holds Ebola talks
Geneva: The World Health Organization's emergency committee is holding talks to discuss the Ebola epidemic
2009 |
| Apr.29 |
WHO raises pandemic alert
Geneva: The World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert to 5, its second-highest level, warning of widespread human infection from the outbreak
2005 |
| Nov.9 |
$1bn sought in world bird flu fight. Switzerland
| Nov.7 |
WHO: Human flu pandemic inevitable. Switzerland
2003 |
| May.8 |
WHO: SARS death rate higher Switzerland: SARS is killing about 15% of people who catch the flu-type disease
| Apr.5 |
WHO: SARS cases over 2,400 Switzerland: 2,416 cases and 89 deaths have been reported from 18 countries
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| Dec.27 |
Swiss cruise ship collides with motorway bridge in Germany
Ruhr: At least 25 people have been injured after a Swiss cruise ship carrying 129 passengers crashed into a motorway bridge in Germany
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Major rail route blocked by landslide following rain. Switzerland
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Floods cause havoc across Europe Romania: Torrential rains across central and eastern Europe are killing up to 34 people, 25 in Romania alone, 11 in Switzerland | |
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| Jul.28 |
Body parts found in Alps may be linked to long-ago Air India crashes
Southern France: Body parts found in the French Alps may be the remains of passengers who died on one of two Air India plane crashes – both more than 50 years...
2015 |
| Aug.23 |
Swiss planes collide at Dittingen airshow. Switzerland
| Apr.4 |
Investigators finished at Germanwings Flight 9525 crash site
Map of Seyne-les-Alpes France Southern France: Investigators have collected all the main evidence from the site where Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed
| Mar.25 |
Germanwings: Victims' families to visit site
Southern France: Relatives and friends of the 150 passengers and crew on Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 are due to go to the crash site high in the French Alps
| Mar.25 |
Pilot was locked out of cockpit moments before plane crashed
Map of Meolans-Revels France Southern France: A pilot on the doomed Germanwings airliner that went down apparently was locked out the cockpit moments before the plane crashed
| Mar.24 |
Searchers recover ‘black box’ after jet crashes in French Alps
Southern France: The Germanwings plane crashed early Tuesday in a remote section of the French Alps, suddenly losing altitude and crash
| Mar.24 |
Germanwings airliner 4U 9525 crashes in French Alps
Map of Digne France Southern France: Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps. The flight 4U 9525 had been en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf with 144 passengers and 6 crew
No one is expected to have survived. The plane crashed after an 8-minute descent. The passengers included a German school class on its way back from an exchange trip
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Swiss banned Red Sea crash firm. Switzerland
2002 |
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Anti-crash system switched off. Switzerland
2001 |
| Nov.24 |
Plane crashes at Zurich. Switzerland
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2006 |
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Rink collapse kills 15 Bavaria: Up to 50 people were inside the ice rink in the town of Bad Reichenhall when the roof caved in under heavy snow | |
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2016 |
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Italian Alps avalanche kills six near Monte Nevoso
Northern Italy: At least six skiers have been killed at an altitude of more than 3,000m, with several others possibly missing or injured
| Feb.6 |
Austrian avalanche: Czech skiers killed in Alps
| Jan.18 |
Avalanche killed five French Foreign Legionnaires. Southern France
| Jan.16 |
Switzerland: 2 foreigners killed in Alps avalanche
| Jan.13 |
Avalanche swamps students in French Alps; 3 dead. Southern France
| Jan.3 |
2 Lithuanian climbers killed in French Alps avalanche |
2015 |
| Sep.15 |
Seven climbers dead in French Alps avalanche in Pelvoux |
| Apr.1 |
3 dead, at least 7 missing after avalanche in French Alps. Southern France
| Jan.5 |
2 US ski team prospects killed in avalanche. Austria
2012 |
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Dutch prince 'hit by avalanche'. Austria
2011 |
| Jun.26 |
6 bodies found in French Alps. Southern France
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2016 |
| Feb.1 |
'World's best chef' Benoit Violier dies aged 44
Switzerland: Chef Benoit Violier, whose Swiss restaurant was named the best in the world in December, has been found dead at his home
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2014 |
| Aug.13 |
6 injured in train derailment in Swiss Alps
Switzerland: A landslide caused a passenger train to partially derai. The train was headed from St. Mortiz to Chur in eastern Switzerland
| Feb.8 |
Rock strike kills two on Alps train. Southern France
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Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment
Map of Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne France Southern France: a railway accident involving a troop train carrying at least 1,000 French soldiers on their way home for leave from the Italian front | |
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Trapped skiers rescued from cable cars in Italian Alps. Northern Italy
| Sep.8 |
French Alps cable cars rescue due to resume
Map of Mont Blanc France Southern France: An operation to rescue people trapped overnight in a series of cable cars is due to resume. 45 tourists spent Thursday night suspended
2014 |
| Jun.19 |
German caver Johann Westhauser surfaces
Map of Berchtesgaden Germany Bavaria: An injured German trapped 1,000m underground for 12 days has been brought to the surface from the cave after a painstaking rescue operation | |
| Jun.9 |
Rescue in Germany's deepest cave. Bavaria
2006 |
| Jan.3 |
Race against time at rink. Bavaria
| Jan.3 |
Rescuers halt rink search. Bavaria
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Rescuers search for rink survivors Bavaria: Workers pressed their search in the snow for survivors after a roof collapsed at a Bavarian skating rink
2001 |
| May.19 |
Trapped cavers reach surface. France