Seven students, one teacher killed in Japan avalanche

An avalanche Monday killed seven Japanese high school students and a teacher on a mountain-climbing outing, and injured 40 more.More than 100 troops were deployed in a major rescue mission after the avalanche hit ski slopes in Tochigi prefecture north of Tokyo.A total of 52 students and 11 teachers from seven high schools were on a three-day mountaineering expedition when disaster struck.