Avalanche in Turkey wipes out rescue team; 31 dead overall

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - An avalanche slammed into a mountain road in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, wiping out a huge team of rescue workers sent to find people missing in an earlier avalanche. Officials said 26 emergency workers were killed, 53 were injured and others are still buried under the snow.Wednesday's avalanche increased the overall death toll from the disaster to31.Some 300 emergency service workers were called to a highway near the mountain-surrounded town of Bahcesaray in Van province,