Hundreds of World War I munitions exposed by melting ice removed from Dolomites

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Some 250 World War I-era munitions that emerged from rapidly retreating glaciers in the Italian Dolomites have been removed. Artillery shells, mortar bombs and other ammunition had initially been found in the Trentino-Alto Adige region by hikers, naturalists and, in one case, after a road accident, according to a statement sent to CNN Tuesday by the…