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Death Toll From Nepal Quake Surpasses 6,600

YoopyaMay 2, 2015July 1, 20230

One week after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, officials say thousands of people are still missing, including about 1,000 Europeans. Officials said Saturday

We are hungry: Aid reaches epicenter, Nepal toll tops 5000

YoopyaApr 29, 2015July 8, 20230

GUMDA, Nepal (AP) — Hands pressed together in supplication, the Nepalese women pleaded for food, shelter and anything else the helicopter might have brought on

Environment: Thousands in Nepal hug trees in world record bid

YoopyaJun 5, 2014July 16, 20230

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — More than 2,000 people, mostly students wearing their school uniforms, gathered in Nepal’s capital on Thursday in a bid to set

World: Everest avalanche: Climbers descend amid uncertainty

YoopyaApr 25, 2014September 7, 20230

Climbers are descending from Everest base camp, amid uncertainty over this year’s climbing season after 16 guides were killed in an avalanche. A row over

Asia: 13th body pulled from snow in Everest avalanche

YoopyaApr 19, 2014September 26, 20230

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Search teams recovered a 13th body Saturday from the snow and ice covering a dangerous climbing pass on Mount Everest, where

Nepali Congress leader becomes new prime minister

YoopyaFeb 10, 2014October 30, 20230

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The leader of Nepal’s largest and oldest political party was elected prime minister on Monday with majority support in parliament that

Everest: Climbers Steck and Moro in fight with Sherpas

YoopyaApr 29, 2013September 8, 20240

Police in Nepal are investigating an alleged fight between two famous European climbers and their Nepalese mountain guides on Mount Everest. Switzerland’s Ueli Steck and

British, Chinese among 19 dead in Nepal plane crash

YoopyaSep 28, 20120

(Reuters) – A small plane struck a bird and crashed shortly after takeoff from the Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Friday, killing 19 people, including

Avalanche on Nepal peak kills at least 9 climbers

kiemtarSep 24, 20120

Rescue helicopters flew over the high slopes of a northern Nepal peak again Monday to search for climbers lost in an avalanche that killed at

Nepali villager, 72, declared world’s shortest man

YoopyaFeb 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Home to Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, the scenic country of Nepal on Sunday added another height-related superlative – of having the