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9 climbers feared dead after avalanche on K-2 (AP)




Undated file photo provided by the Pakistan Tourism Office in Islamabad July 26 2004,  shows the world's second tallest peak K-2 in northern area of Pakistan. A Pakistani tour operator says nine climbers are feared to have died in an avalanche after scaling the world's second-highest mountain, K-2.  Nazir Sabir says 22 climbers, mostly foreigners, reached K-2's summit Saturday Aug. 2, 2008 but an ice avalanche struck them during their descent.  He says nine of the mountaineers are feared to have died and three others are missing.   (AP Photo/Pakistan Toursim Office, HO)AP - At least nine climbers were feared dead on K-2, the world's second highest mountain, after an avalanche cut ropes used to cross a treacherous wall of ice, officials and other climbers said Sunday.





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