Avalanche blasts rise during record winter
swissinfo.ch
“I've also heard that it could be up to five times more than in a normal winter,” Lukas Stoffel, of the avalanche and protection team at the Institute of Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF), which is part of the Swiss Institute for Forest, Snow and ...
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| Telemark Skiing World Cup Underway in Steamboat Springs First Tracks Heading into Steamboat Springs, Phillipe Lau of France was the current leader in the overall points, however Bastien Dayer of Switzerland and Germany's Tobias were not far behind. In the women's competition, the reigning champion of the past few years, ... See all stories on this topic » |  First Tracks |
Cold snap in Eastern Europe kills more than 600
Albany Times Union
(Mikhail Metzel / AP) A truck driver places chains on his tires during heavy snowfall near Kriegstetten, Switzerland Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012. (Marcel Bieri / KEYSTONE) A horse neighs while he stands in the snow on the way to Aralar Sanctuary, ...
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| 12 Skiers Named to Canada's Team for Junior World SkiChampionships First Tracks With next year's event due to take place at Mont-Sainte-Anne and Le Massif, Quebec, it's a great chance for the youngsters to gain valuable experience before they try to push for the podium on home snow. “There are high expectations for Trevor Philp,” ... See all stories on this topic » |  First Tracks |
| Reto Thuring of Switzerland starts in May as the Cleveland Museum of Art's new ... Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Museum of Art's new assistant curator of contemporary art will trade the Swiss Alps for the Great Lakes when he starts work here in May. Reto Thuring, 31, is a soccer-playing, snow-boarding art critic and freelance ... See all stories on this topic » |  Plain Dealer |
| Valentine's Day Can Help Restore Snows to Hurting US Ski Areas SFCPressPoint (press release) By Olympic Skier Suzy “Chapstick” Chaffee The Native American Snowdances, which miraculously restored snow to the Ski Meccas of Colorado, Utah and California in January in their worst drought in decades, was the buzz at the SnowSports Industries Show ... See all stories on this topic » |  SFCPressPoint (press release) |
| Edgar Snow commemorated at Peking University China Daily Zhang Yifang, former head of Beijing's Xiyuan Hospital, was a member of the medical delegation sent to Geneva,Switzerland in January 1972 to help treat a failing Snow. She recalled the writer's final days. "His stoicism in facing the pain caused by ... See all stories on this topic » |  China Daily |
World Cup men take Olympic test runs at Sochi
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
Miller, from Franconia, NH, carried the green leader light through the first two timing intervals before his skis hooked up on the middle of the course. It forced him to Miller speed coming into the jump section. Swiss Beat Feuz won on his 25th ...
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| Toward a Catholic economy founded on equality, justice Catholic San Francisco By Father Kenneth Weare BRUSSELS, Belgium – The last week of January witnessed the gathering of the World Economic Forum held annually in Davos, Switzerland. The freezing temperatures and falling snow were more than a weather report. See all stories on this topic » |  Catholic San Francisco |
Temperatures rise but it's still winter
World Radio Switzerland
... past 1°C. The warmest spot was in Lugano at 4°C. The temperatures might be above bitter freezing levels but they are now in a perfect spot forsnow. In upper elevations in central and eastern Switzerland, 20 to 50 centimeters of snow could fall.
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Is an Arab Spring in the air for Algeria?
Reuters
Mourad Dhina, an Algerian scientist who used to work at the CERN physics research institute in his adopted home of Switzerland, was arrested last month in Paris after attending a meeting of Rachad, an Algerian Islamist opposition movement whose leaders ...
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| 40 Years of Grip: Subaru Celebrates Birthday of its All-Wheel Drive System TruckTrend Magazine ... Tarmac, and Snow modes). Normal driving means torque is distributed at a rear-biased 41/59 level. Subaru will have a celebratory display at next month's Geneva Motor Show inSwitzerland, so stay tuned for more S-AWD goodness. Chassis 2. See all stories on this topic » |  TruckTrend Magazine |
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| Skiwatch: More snow enhances near-perfect skiing season | Travel ... Stephen Lee reports on fantastic ski conditions throughout Europe. ...Switzerland received little new snow but temperatures have been so cold across the Alps ... www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/.../skiwatch-alps-scotland-ital... |
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| PlanetSKI | News | Deals to Switzerland The PlanetSKI video snow report - This week it comes from Utah in the USA ... Like much of The Alps Switzerland has had record-breakingsnowfalls and the ... www.planetski.eu/news/3537 |
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