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  "id": 2109725,
  "title": "Bodies of 2 hikers missing for decades in Swiss Alps turn up as glacier melts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/bodies-of-2-hikers-missing-for-decades-in-swiss-alps-turn-up-as",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T09:23:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
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    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/glacier-switzerland-mountaineer-belgian-hiker-weissmeis-trift-8544b4baf6e2bd207a63d8f3af4beb8a"
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  "summary": "GENEVA (AP) — The bodies of two Belgian mountaineers who went missing in the Swiss Alps more than three decades ago have been found, officials said. Police in the southwestern Valais region, which has a database…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "A looming rock collapse threatens a Swiss village as thawing permafrost destabilizes the Alps",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/a-looming-rock-collapse-threatens-a-swiss-village-as-thawing",
        "published": "2026-08-18T04:06:53.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "A looming rock collapse threatens a Swiss village as thawing permafrost destabilizes the Alps",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/a-looming-rock-collapse-threatens-a-swiss-village-as-thawing-1668503",
        "published": "2026-08-18T08:02:39.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Mongabay",
        "title": "A looming rock collapse threatens a Swiss village as thawing permafrost destabilizes the Alps",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/a-looming-rock-collapse-threatens-a-swiss-village-as-thawing-1760190",
        "published": "2026-08-18T17:12:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Bodies of 2 hikers missing for decades in Swiss Alps found after glacier melts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/bodies-of-2-hikers-missing-for-decades-in-swiss-alps-found-after",
        "published": "2026-08-20T09:46:33.000Z"
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