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France still lures British skiers
London :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago
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Conditions were excellent throughout most of the country: snow fell heavily, and consistently cold weather meant that it persisted at high and low altitudes. The result was a 6.6 per cent increase in resort visits, and a seasonal record of 58.6 million...
Tags: France, French, SNTF, Courchevel, skiing area, United Kingdom, London, Flaine, French Alps, Portes du Soleil, Hospitality Recreation, Les Arcs, Savoie, La Plagne, Grand Massif
France arrests three Eta suspects
Madrid :: Spain | 3 months ago
Credibility French police have arrested three men suspected of being members of Eta, the Basque separatist group, and seized bomb-making materials, officials said. Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, Spain's interior minister, said the trio were all "top members of the military...
Tags: France French, Spanish, French Alps, eta suspected, ETA, Spain Police, Alberto Machain Beraza, basque separatist, Eta, Le Corbier Villarambert
Frenchman who helped destroy Rainbow Warrior killed (NZPA)
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 8 months ago
Credibility A French Secret Service agent who helped destroy Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour has been killed in a plane crash. Xavier Maniguet, 62, was one of four men aboard the yacht Ouvea that smuggled explosives used to sink the ship...
Two die in 'drunken' Alps fall
Grenoble :: France | 9 months ago
Credibility Two British tourists have died after falling down a ravine in the French ski resort of Les Deux Alpes while returning home from a night out. Richard Ryan, 27, and Christopher Lockwood, 28, fell into an icy ravine that has already claimed the lives of...
Tags: Richard Ryan, French Alps, ski resort, Christopher Lockwood
Youngest Briton to scale Everest killed
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
Credibility Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to summit Mt. Everest, died in a climbing accident along with another mountaineer in the French Alps, the British Foreign Office confirmed Sunday. Both were 21. The bodies of Gauntlett and James Atkinson were found...
Tags: Rob Gauntlett, Mount Everest, youngest briton, Mt. Everest, Mont Blanc du Tacul, James Atkinson, climber killed, conquer everest, Sussex, French Alps
Ski World Record Made by Mistake! (Footage Released)
A Norwegian skier Fred Syversen made an accidental ski world record last year when he soared over a 107 meter (351 feet) in the French Alps. The skier was preparing to undertake a massive cliff jump but when he jumped, he accidently veered...
Tags: skiing, skier, world record, French alps, ski record
10 climbers missing after Mont Blanc avalanche
Paris :: France | about 1 year ago
Credibility An avalanche swept down a major summit in the Mont Blanc range before dawn Sunday, injuring eight climbers and leaving as many as 10 missing along a route often used to reach western Europe's highest peak. The avalanche was set off at around 3 a.m. by...
Tags: Michèle Alliot-Marie, France, French Alps, blanc range, Mont Blanc du Tacul, Europe, Chamonix, highest peak, missing climbers, interior minister
British climber killed in 160ft fall
Jackson :: MS :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Ian Jackson, French Alps, Britain A British teenager has fallen 160 feet to his death while climbing in the French Alps, police have said...A police spokesman said two of Mr Jackson's friends were watching from below as he abseiled down the Les Gaillands...
Tags: Mont Blanc, Ian Jackson, French Alps, Chamonix
Train hits school bus in French Alps
Paris :: France | about 1 year ago
Credibility French police say at least five children were killed and dozens of others injured when a train struck their school bus at a crossing in the French Alps. The train was traveling between Evian and Thonon-les-Bains when it struck the bus carrying 50 children...
Tags: school bus, seven children, France, level crossing, French Alps, train slammed, Nicolas Sarkozy, region train, train crashed, train hit
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