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                      9 Killed in Mount Everest Avalanche

   An avalanche on Nepal`s Mount Everest has killed at least nine local
   guides. Several other guides were rescued.
   An official with Nepal`s Tourism Ministry said all the dead were Sherpa
   guides working on the mountain in preparation for the start of climbing
   season.
   The official said the avalanche occurred at around 6:30 a.m. Friday in
   an area called the "popcorn field."
   The major avalanche is the first of the climbing season at the world`s
   highest peak.
   Thousands of climbers have scaled the mountain since Edmund Hillary and
   Tenzing Norgay completed the first ascent in 1953. Nearly 250 people
   have died.
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