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Everest claims fourth life
Everest claims fourth life

The death toll on Mountt Everest has risen to 4 with the discovery of the climbers' bodies, while one still remains missing. The fatalities happened on the descent and it seems they could have been caused by a backlog of people struggling to reach th…

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Mount Everest climbing teams stranded.
Mount Everest climbing teams stranded.

As many as 1200 foreign climbers and trekkers are stranded in Mount Everest's foothills and at Lukla, Nepal by bad weather at Tenzing-Hillary Airport. Thick fog and poor visibility has meant that planes have been unable to land or take off for severa…

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Wild elephants turn on elderly Bhutanese men
Wild elephants turn on elderly Bhutanese men

Wild elephants have trampled 2 Bhutanese men protecting their crops in a UN run camp for displaced refugees from Bhutan on the Nepalese border. The elephants frequently are driven by the monsoon to cross the border between India and Nepal in search o…

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Just how high is the world's tallest mountain?
Just how high is the world's tallest mountain?

Well the Nepalese government are determined to find out once and for all, in order to settle a dispute that broke out with their northern neighbours China. The current accepted height of the mountain was calculated by an Indian survey team in 1955 an…

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Public anger from young Nepalese against political delays
Public anger from young Nepalese against political delays

Young people in Nepal have co-ordinated a political campaign via Facebook. They are frustrated by the delays in the release of a new Nepalese Constitution, that would give greater social freedom and equality, that has been under discussion for years.…

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