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Monday, April 9, 2012

Search for people buried in Pakistan avalanche

An avalanche smashed into a Pakistani army base on the Himalayan glacier close to India on Saturday, April 7, 2012, burying around 130 soldiers & civilian. Rescue workers used bulldozers Sunday to dig through huge banks of snow following a massive avalanche a day earlier that engulfed a military complex and buried at least 135 people, most of them soldiers, in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border. More than 24 hours after the disaster at the entrance to the Siachen Glacier, no bodies have yet been recovered, military officials said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited the site Sunday to supervise the rescue operations. At least 124 soldiers from the 6 Northern Light Infantry Battalion and 11 civilian contractors are missing. The U.S. sent a team of experts Sunday to help Pakistan for search. At least 240 Pakistani troops and civilians worked at the site of the disaster at the entrance to the Siachen Glacier with the aid of sniffer dogs and heavy machinery, said the army. But they struggled to dig through some 25 meters (80 feet) of snow, boulders and mud that slid down the mountain early Saturday morning. A tailor and two hairdressers were among the civilians missing in the thick snow in the militarised region of Kashmir, which has caused two of the three wars between India and Pakistan since their independence in 1947 from Britain.

Lionel Messi another milestone


Messi become the first player to score 60 goals in a major European league. Lionel Messi scored his 59th and 60th goals of the season to fuel Barcelona s fightback for a 4-1 win at 10-man Zaragoza as the defending champions stayed in the chase for a fourth straight Spanish league title on Saturday. Barcelona s ninth consecutive league victory provisionally reduced league leader Real Madrid s advantage to three points before Valencia s visit on Sunday. The European champions host Real Madrid in three rounds in a "clasico" match that will likely go a long way to deciding the league crown. Zaragoza played the second half a man down, and Messi scored a penalty in the 86th to become the first player to score 60 goals in a major European league since Gerd Mueller had 67 for Bayern Munich in 1972-73. Messi then set up struggling teammate Pedro Rodriguez in stoppage time to seal the win at La Romareda Stadium. The three-time world player of the year has scored 38 times in league play, giving him one more goal than Cristiano Ronaldo as the two stars duel to break the Madrid forward s league record of 40 from last season.