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China harnesses mountain wind power (AFP)

AFP - In the mountains above the southwestern Chinese town of Dali, dozens of new wind turbines dot the landscape -- a symbol of the country's sky-high ambitions for clean, green energy.

Suspected US drone strike kills 8 in Pakistan (AFP)

AFP - A suspected US missile attack targeting Al-Qaeda-linked militants killed eight people in Pakistan's mountains on the Afghan border as CIA chief Leon Panetta held talks in Islamabad on Friday.

U.N.: Climate change hits women hard

On the steep, dusty slopes of the Chacaltaya mountains, thousands of meters above sea level in the Bolivian Andes, the hardy farmers tending root crops or herding llamas have no need of scientists or climatologists to measure the impact of global warming.

Taliban guerrillas bring 'Iraq tactics' to Pakistan (AFP)

AFP - Suicide attacks, car bombings, shootings in the capital and fighting in the mountains -- Taliban guerrillas are dragging Pakistan into a war deadlier than in Afghanistan and mimicking the carnage of Iraq.

Officials: veteran climber Humar dies in Himalayas (AP)

AP - A veteran Slovenian climber was found dead in the Himalayas Saturday days after he was injured and stranded on a 23,710-foot (7,227-meter) mountain, a mountain rescue company and a close friend said.

Forbes: Mexico kingpin among world's most powerful (AP)

AP - Mexico's most-wanted drug lord escaped prison by hiding in a laundry truck nearly a decade ago, and his legend and fortune seem to grow with each passing day he eludes capture.

Russia's Medvedev replaces Yeltsin-era governor

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday replaced the veteran governor of a Urals mountains region, one of the last of a generation of powerful regional heads who held sway before a return to centralized Kremlin rule.

Mexican army makes large opium seizure (AP)

AP - The Mexican army said Saturday it has seized a shipment of almost a quarter-ton of opium in the country's northern mountains, one of the largest such seizures made in Mexico.

Fears of new war in Sudan's troubled Nuba Mountains (AFP)

AFP - Air raids may no longer target the highlands of central Sudan, but heads still turn sharply to scan the skies at the sound of an aeroplane engine overhead.

Pakistan military closes in on Taliban stronghold (AP)

AP - Pakistani forces killed two dozen militants in 24 hours and were closing in on a prominent insurgent stronghold in the mountains of South Waziristan, the army said Friday.

3 bodies found in US plane wreckage in Afghanistan (AP)

AP - NATO-led forces say they have recovered the remains of three civilian crew from the wreckage of a U.S. Army plane that crashed two weeks ago in the rugged mountains of northeastern Afghanistan.

Afghan official says aircraft crashes (AP)

AP - Security forces searched a remote area of northern Afghanistan on Thursday after villagers reported an unidentified aircraft crashed into the towering Hindu Kush mountains.