Thousands uprooted as floods kill 143 in India, Nepal
by Ashok Dahal KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- At least 143 people have died and thousands have fled their homes as monsoon floods swept…
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Death toll nears 50 after three days of torrential rain batters Nepal – officials
BIRATNAGAR, Nepal (Reuters) -- Torrential rain battered Nepal on Sunday (August 13), causing widespread flooding and landslides and raising the…
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Nepal holds landmark polls in troubled south
NEPALGUNJ, Nepal (AFP) - Nepal's troubled south began voting Wednesday in the first local elections for two decades, a key…
9 years ago
Indian woman sets Mount Everest summit record
KATHMANDU, Nepal (Reuters) - Indian climber Anshu Jamsenpa has made the fastest double ascent of Mount Everest, becoming the first…
9 years ago
Everest climber accused of ‘illegal’ Tibet-Nepal traverse
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) - A Polish climber who claims to have traversed from Tibet to Nepal at the summit of…
9 years ago
Three climbers die on Everest, one missing
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) - Three climbers died on Everest over the weekend and another is missing, officials confirmed Monday,…
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Nepal fines solo Everest climber without permit $22,000
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- A South African attempting to climb Mount Everest alone and without a permit has been ordered…
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Rare one-horned rhino killed by poachers in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- Poachers have shot dead a one-horned rhinoceros at a national wildlife park in Nepal, officials said Sunday,…
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Nepal to relocate five rare one-horned rhinos
CHITWAN, Nepal (AFP) -- Conservationists on Monday captured a rare one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal as part of an attempt to…
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Nepal police demolish camp for earthquake displaced
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) - Nepal police Tuesday demolished the largest remaining settlement of people displaced by a powerful earthquake that…
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Doubt over Everest’s true height spurs fresh expedition
NEW DELHI, India (AFP ) -- Scientists will take the tape measure to Mount Everest to determine whether a massive…
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Nepal bans Indian police couple for faking Everest climb
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- Nepal has imposed a 10-year mountaineering ban on an Indian couple who faked photographs purporting to…
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