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'I Should Have Died Too' - Nepal's Earthquake Widows Struggle To Survive
Rani Maya Shrestha was working on a neighbour's potato farm when the first of Nepal's two massive earthquakes struck last year. She rushed home to find her husband buried in the ruins of their house northeast of the capital Kathmandu.
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Nepal Artificial Lake Bursts Suddenly, No Casualties
A vast artificial lake, formed after a massive landslide that blocked the Sunkoshi river in northeast Nepal last month, burst suddenly this morning but no casualties have been reported in the downstream areas so far.
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Over 600 Tourists Evacuated from Landslide Hit Sindhupalchowk in Nepal
More than 600 foreign tourists, mostly Indian and European, have been rescued from northeast Nepal near the border with Tibet where a deadly landslide had blocked a major highway leaving them stranded.
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UN Helps India, Nepal in Landslide Rescue Operations
The United Nations and its partners are supporting the governments of India and Nepal in search-and-rescue operations and providing assistance to thousands of people displaced due to landslides triggered by monsoonal rains in the two countries.
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Nepal Landslide Death Toll Hits 34, Scores Missing
Rescuers on Monday discovered 25 more bodies buried under tonnes of mud and trees following a massive landslide in northeast Nepal feared to have killed at least 160 people.
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Nepal Landslide Kills Eight, Blocking River and Raising Flood Fears
A massive landslide triggered by heavy rains in northeast Nepal on Saturday has killed at least eight people, injured 40 and buried dozens of homes, officials said.
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Chidambaram visits quake-hit Sikkim, meets victims at hospital
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is in Gangtok today to review the damages caused by the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit northeast India, Tibet and Nepal on Sunday, claiming hundreds of lives. Chidambaram will visit quake victims at the hospitals.
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'I Should Have Died Too' - Nepal's Earthquake Widows Struggle To Survive
Rani Maya Shrestha was working on a neighbour's potato farm when the first of Nepal's two massive earthquakes struck last year. She rushed home to find her husband buried in the ruins of their house northeast of the capital Kathmandu.
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Nepal Artificial Lake Bursts Suddenly, No Casualties
A vast artificial lake, formed after a massive landslide that blocked the Sunkoshi river in northeast Nepal last month, burst suddenly this morning but no casualties have been reported in the downstream areas so far.
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Over 600 Tourists Evacuated from Landslide Hit Sindhupalchowk in Nepal
More than 600 foreign tourists, mostly Indian and European, have been rescued from northeast Nepal near the border with Tibet where a deadly landslide had blocked a major highway leaving them stranded.
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UN Helps India, Nepal in Landslide Rescue Operations
The United Nations and its partners are supporting the governments of India and Nepal in search-and-rescue operations and providing assistance to thousands of people displaced due to landslides triggered by monsoonal rains in the two countries.
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Nepal Landslide Death Toll Hits 34, Scores Missing
Rescuers on Monday discovered 25 more bodies buried under tonnes of mud and trees following a massive landslide in northeast Nepal feared to have killed at least 160 people.
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Nepal Landslide Kills Eight, Blocking River and Raising Flood Fears
A massive landslide triggered by heavy rains in northeast Nepal on Saturday has killed at least eight people, injured 40 and buried dozens of homes, officials said.
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Chidambaram visits quake-hit Sikkim, meets victims at hospital
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is in Gangtok today to review the damages caused by the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit northeast India, Tibet and Nepal on Sunday, claiming hundreds of lives. Chidambaram will visit quake victims at the hospitals.
