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Now playing Next Switzerland United Nations Climate Change negotiations open in Geneva Top officials from almost 190 nations are in Geneva in an attempt to hammer out a potential deal on global warming. Delegates at the United Nations 08/02/2015
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Now playing Next no comment Switzerland: Experiment blast triggers artificial avalanche An artificially triggered avalanche thunders down a mountain in the Vallee de la Sionne near Sion, Switzerland. The full-scale avalanche dynamics 04/02/2015
Now playing Next Switzerland Ten dead in Swiss-Alp avalanches Avalanches kill 10 people across three deadly days in the Swiss Alps 01/02/2015
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Now playing Next no comment Snowmen greet participants at Davos World Economic Forum More than 140 snowmen were built by campaigners on Wednesday (January 21) as the annual World Economic Forum kicked off in Davos, in the Swiss Alps 22/01/2015
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