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malaise

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Sat Apr 7, 2012, 09:11 AM Apr 2012

Holy shit - avalanche kills scores of Pakistani soldiers

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/07/pakistan-avalanche-rescuers-search-soldiers
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Rescuers have recovered a number of bodies after an avalanche hit a Pakistani army base in the disputed Kashmir region, burying up to 150 soldiers.

Helicopters, sniffer dogs and troops have been deployed to the remote Siachen Glacier on the Indian border in the Himalayas, according to the Pakistan army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas.

Military and television reports from Pakistan suggested between 100 and 150 soldiers were buried.

The local Urdu TV channel, News 5, quoted unidentified army sources as saying that at least 30 soldiers were killed in the avalanche, but there was no official confirmation of that figure.

Local media said the rescuers had encountered problems due to bad weather.

The avalanche hit a battalion headquarters in the glacier's Gayari sector at 5.45am on Saturday, according to Abbas.

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