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6 people missing, feared dead after fire at rural guesthouse. Bavaria
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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 |
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Tunnel inferno after head-on crash. Switzerland
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8 mountain climbers die in 3 different accidents in Alps. Austria
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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...
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Switzerland coach crash kills 28
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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
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Coach plunges into ravine, 12 died. Switzerland
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WHO crisis team holds Ebola talks Geneva: The World Health Organization's emergency committee is holding talks to discuss the Ebola epidemic
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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 |
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| Nov.9 |
$1bn sought in world bird flu fight. Switzerland
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WHO: Human flu pandemic inevitable. Switzerland
| 2003 |
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WHO: SARS death rate higher Switzerland: SARS is killing about 15% of people who catch the flu-type disease
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WHO: SARS cases over 2,400 Switzerland: 2,416 cases and 89 deaths have been reported from 18 countries
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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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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...
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Swiss planes collide at Dittingen airshow. Switzerland
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Anti-crash system switched off. Switzerland
| 2001 |
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Plane crashes at Zurich. Switzerland
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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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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
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Austrian avalanche: Czech skiers killed in Alps
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Avalanche killed five French Foreign Legionnaires. Southern France
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Switzerland: 2 foreigners killed in Alps avalanche
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Avalanche swamps students in French Alps; 3 dead. Southern France
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2 Lithuanian climbers killed in French Alps avalanche |
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Seven climbers dead in French Alps avalanche in Pelvoux |
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3 dead, at least 7 missing after avalanche in French Alps. Southern France
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2 US ski team prospects killed in avalanche. Austria
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Dutch prince 'hit by avalanche'. Austria
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6 bodies found in French Alps. Southern France
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'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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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
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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
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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
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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 | |
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Rescue in Germany's deepest cave. Bavaria
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Race against time at rink. Bavaria
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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
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Trapped cavers reach surface. France
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