Three bodies recovered and seven still missing after Norway landslide

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Rescue teams searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village found no signs of life amid the ruined buildings and debris&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Three bodies have been recovered but searchers are looking for seven more people believed to be missing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ground search teams were aided by helicopters and drones with heat-detecting cameras amid harsh winter conditions on the ravaged hillside in the village of Ask&comma; some 16 miles northeast of Oslo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Norwegian police pledged not to scale down the search even though a rescue team from neighbouring Sweden has already returned home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Local police chief Ida Melbo Oeystese said that it may still be possible to find survivors in air pockets formed inside the destroyed buildings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Medically&comma; you can survive for several days if you have air&comma;” she told reporters at a news conference&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>By Saturday evening&comma; two more bodies had been found in the area&comma; after a first one was found on Friday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Only a Dalmatian dog has been rescued alive from the ruins so far&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The landslide is the worst in modern Norwegian history and has sent shockwaves through citizens in the Nordic nation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Late on Friday&comma; Norwegian police published the names and birth years of the 10 people initially reported missing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They include a two-year-old child&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Officials have not yet identified the two recovered bodies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The landslide cut across a road through Ask&comma; 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