China joins India with formal backing for Copenhagen Accord
All major greenhouse gas emitters bar Russia have now formally endorsed Copenhagen deal China has today joined with India in formally signing up to the Copenhagen Accord, making it the last major emerging economy to endorse the controversial agreement...Read more |
Interactive Ideas set sights on Germany
Distributor appoints account manager to oversee German sales drive Distributor Interactive Ideas has expanded its management team to drive sales of the SolarWinds application management product portfolio in Germany. The firm has appointed Michael Meyer, Read more |
Symantec to reward storage savers
Vendor to reward VARs with financial incentives for datacentre efficiency gains. Symantec is to launch a partner incentive initiative aimed at helping end users make better use of their storage infrastructure capacity....Read more |
Fujitsu shares collapse over redundancy row
Former president reveals illness was not the real reason for his departure Former Fujitsu president Kuniaki Nozoe has revealed he was forced to leave the firm in September owing to connections with an unnamed business of " unfavourable reputation"....Read more |
CRC threatens smart meter supply pinch
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Officials: Afghan avalanche kills 15, strands 100s (AP)
KABUL – Avalanches in a mountain pass north of Kabul have killed at least 15 people, injured more than 50 and left hundreds stranded on blocked roads, Afghan officials said Tuesday.The avalanches took place Monday following heavy snows in the Salang Pass that links the Afghan capital with the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif and rescuers worked through the night to save more than 200 people, said Gen. Abdul Rahman Sayedkhail, Parwan provincial police chief. He said 54 people were injured.
"It's very heavy snow. We're cleaning the roads. So far, we have found 15 bodies, including women and children, he said.
"There's still danger from avalanches there so that's why our work is a little slow," Rahman said.
About 100 Afghan soldiers were mobilized to join police and others in the rescue efforts, along with four helicopters, several ambulances and several bulldozers, Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi said.
"Unfortunately there were more avalanches this morning which made our work a little difficult, but we are trying to rescue people," he said.
Military helicopters were dropping food packages to people stuck on snow-blocked roads, Interior Ministry spokesman Zemerai Bashary said.
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