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By Borut and Zivulovic CANAZEI, Italy (Reuters) – Search and rescue operations resumed on Monday in the Italian Alps with 17 people missing, authorities said, after part of a mountain glacier collapsed, killing at least six people and injuring eight. The avalanche took place on the Marmolada, which at more than 3,300 metres is the highest peak in the Dolomites, a range in the eastern Italian Alps straddling the regions of Trento and Veneto. Rising average temperatures have caused the Marmolada glacier, like many others around the world, to shrink steadily over recent decades. It was not clear …