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General elections occur in Ecuador to elect the successor of President Lenín Moreno. Socialist and former aide of President Rafael Correa, Andrés Arauz, is expected to finish in first place, but may face a run-off.
2021-02-7

At least 57 people are killed and others are missing after avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir over the last 24 hours, senior government officials say. In Indian-administered Kashmir, at least 10 are killed.
2020-01-14

An avalanche near the Austrian Lech am Arlberg ski resort kills three skiers and leaves a fourth missing.
2019-01-13

A bus crashes in the Andes in Ecuador, leaving 11 people dead and 37 injured.
2018-09-2

An avalanche on Mount Nasu in Japan's Tochigi Prefecture, kills at least eight schoolchildren while the students were on a mountaineering excursion. There are three students and three teachers missing.
2017-03-27

Five people are killed in an avalanche that buried 17 Czechs in Austria.
2016-02-6

Ecuador declares a state of emergency in the Galápagos Islands after a ship, "The Floreana", carrying hazardous materials ran aground January 28.
2015-02-6

At least nine mountaineers are killed and eight injured in an avalanche on Mont Maudit near Mont Blanc in the French Alps.
2012-07-12

An Ecuadorean appeals court upholds an $18 billion judgement against the US oil company Chevron Corporation.
2012-01-3

The bodies of six mountaineers are found on Neige Cordier in the French Alps after apparently having been killed by an avalanche.
2011-06-26