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"The joint search and rescue team has found seven deceased victims of the landslide disaster... With this discovery, the death toll has risen to 10, while 18 people are still being searched for," he said.

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The group he was part of had tried to keep moving, but no-one came to rescue them, he said.

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This is where weather satellites come to the rescue.

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Arsenal fell behind on a bitterly cold night at Meadow Park to Scotland international Caroline Weir's goal just before half-time, but Russo rescued the Gunners with a pair of second-half headers.

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It was rescued from near collapse in the 2008 financial crisis by one of the U.S. government’s biggest ever bailouts.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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