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Nepal quake forces ‘living goddess’ to break decades of seclusion
When a massive earthquake struck Nepal in April, Nepal's longest-serving “living goddess” was forced to do the unthinkable — walk the streets for the first time in her life, she told AFP in a rare interview... By Paavan Mathema.
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Nowhere to Turn: a Nepali Cab Driver in Qatar
Sarun, a cab driver in Qatar, had not been paid in nearly four months. His family back home in Nepal desperately needed the money. He hadn't been home in two years, and his boss controlled his passport. All Sarun could do was wait.
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L.A. to Nepal
Nepal, Haiti, 9/11 - California Task Force Two goes wherever disaster strikes.
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7 Nepali historic sites reopen after devastating quake
Nearly two months after suffering a 7.8 magnitude quake, authorities have reopened all of Nepal's seven world heritage sites, and other historic monuments.
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Nepal’s Political Faultlines
Nepal’s people live a constant struggle to accumulate some insulation from the hardships and arbitrariness of life. It often takes just a little thing to tip the balance against survival.The earthquakes were big, very, very big...
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The Very Strange Life Of Nepal’s Child Goddess
She's young and beautiful. A glimpse of her is believed to bring good fortune. She's Nepal's Living Goddess, or Kumari, who is selected as a small child and lives a life of isolation and secrecy.
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India rescues children from traffickers exploiting Nepal earthquake aftermath
Authorities in India have rescued more than 20 children from a human trafficking network targeting families who lost their livelihoods in last month’s earthquake in Nepal. The 7.8-magnitude quake, which killed more than 8,600 people, devastated rural areas, with hundreds of thousands losing their homes and possessions.
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Qatar refuses to let Nepalese workers return to attend funerals after quake
Nepalese workers building stadiums for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have been denied leave to attend funerals or visit relatives following the earthquakes in the Himalayan country that have killed more than 8,000 people, its government has revealed. The government in Kathmandu has also for the first time publicly criticised Fifa, world football’s governing body, and its commercial partners.
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Qatar refuses to let Nepalese workers return to attend funerals after quake
Nepalese minister says Fifa must pressure the Gulf state for better treatment of 1.5 million south Asian migrants
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Scientologists are in Nepal trying to 'heal' trauma victims
cientologists profess a range of supernatural powers. They claim the ability to turn drunk people sober in minutes. A Scientologist can heal the traumatized, so they say, simply by reconnecting a victim’s body with a “thetan,” or immortal spirit. None of this is backed by medical science. But that hasn’t stopped Scientologists from flying to Nepal — alongside many other religious and spiritual groups — to practice dubious healing techniques on grieving earthquake survivors.
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Powerful new earthquake hits devastated Nepal
Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes two weeks after massive quake killed thousands in Himalayan nation.
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Ronaldo reportedly donates £5 million to help in Nepal after earthquake
Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has donated 7 million euros (£5m) to help the aid effort in Nepal, according to reports in France.
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Fault Lines - The failure of Nepal’s earthquake response runs deep
In Toronto on Tuesday I was poring over posts on Facebook about the Nepal earthquake when a message popped up: “Disasters Happen.” It was the Red Cross wisely instructing to “Know the risks, make a plan, get a kit.” After all, it’s Emergency Preparedness Week in Canada. Following the April 25 earthquake, Nepalis have had to learn the value of preparedness in the most painful way possible.
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Nepal earthquake: Mount Everest climbs 'almost impossible'
Climbing Mount Everest this season is "almost impossible" because the routes have been damaged by avalanches triggered by last month's earthquake, officials in Nepal say. They warn that it will take time for the routes to be remade. The government has not announced an official decision. At least 19 people were killed in the avalanches. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake is now known to have killed more than 7,000 people and injured more than 10,000.
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Facebook users donate $10 million to Nepal
Facebook users have proven the "donate now" button on the social platform is an extraordinarily powerful tool. It has only been two days since the donation button to help the people of Nepal affected by a devastating earthquake went live at the top of Facebook feeds across the world. In that time, more than half a million people have donated and raised more than US$10 million in funds for International Medical Corps (IMC), according to Facebook.
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Nepal Earthquake - First hand experience
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Man trapped for 80 hours
A search and rescue team pulled a man from a collapsed apartment block in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu on Tuesday after he had spent around 80 hours in a room with three dead bodies. Rishi Khanal, 28, appeared to have had no access to food or water during his ordeal, which began at midday on Saturday when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, destroying buildings and killing at least 4,600 people.
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Climbers trapped on Mount Everest ‘are getting desperate’
Helicopter teams began evacuating critically injured climbers at Mount Everest’s base camp on Sunday morning, but the effort came to an abrupt halt when a significant new aftershock triggered more avalanches and fears of additional casualties at the world’s highest peak. Dozens of climbers remain trapped on the side of the mountain at two camps that sit above where the avalanche fell, climbers said in tweets and posts on social media.
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