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Tears of a child as Nepalis cremate quake dead
AFP, Published on 05/11/2023
» JAJARKOT (NEPAL) - The wails of eight-year-old Prem Kala Kami echoed across her Nepali village on Sunday, as the shroud-wrapped bodies of her parents and two of her brothers lay beside her awaiting cremation.
Virus, what virus? India gets back to work
AFP, Published on 20/10/2020
» SINNAR, India: India is on course to top the world in coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra's whirring factories to Kolkata's thronging markets, people are back at work -- and eager to forget the pandemic for festival season.
Study estimates 210,000 men have sex with men in Singapore
Published on 05/06/2019
» SINGAPORE: Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) estimate that 210,000 men here have sex with other men, and they could face a concentrated epidemic of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The figure is more than double an earlier less rigorous estimate of 90,000 men.
Jet skids off runway causing Kathmandu airport chaos
AFP, Published on 20/04/2018
» A Malaysian jet carrying 139 people that aborted its takeoff and skidded into mud forced Kathmandu airport to shut down for more than 12 hours until the plane was moved Friday.
Bangladeshi passenger plane with 67 passengers crashes in Nepal
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» KATHMANDU: A Bangladeshi plane with 67 passengers on board crashed near Kathmandu airport Monday as it was coming in to land, officials said, as firefighters battled to extinguish the burning wreckage and rescue passengers.
Bollywood: Where sexual harassment is 'love'
Reuters, Published on 13/11/2017
» MUMBAI: When Indian actress Divya Unny flew into the southern state of Kerala in 2015, she thought it was for a business meeting with an award-winning director about a role in his upcoming film.
Residents baulk at return to high-rise flats after Nepal quake
AFP, Published on 08/07/2015
» KATHMANDU - His luxury flat had views of the Himalayas to make the heart soar but Dan Bahadur Budhathoki is going to take some persuading to move back into Kathmandu's 17-storey Park View Horizon apartment block.
Quake-hit Nepal villagers take aid into their own hands
AFP, Published on 06/05/2015
» BARPAK (NEPAL) - Even as they mourn their dead, the quake-hit villagers of Barpak high in the Nepal Himalayas must make a difficult and dangerous hours-long trek into the valley for tents and supplies.
Nepal Maoists withdraw strike after tear gas, arrests
AFP, Published on 08/04/2015
» KATHMANDU - Nepal's Maoist-led opposition withdrew plans to extend a nationwide strike late Tuesday after police fired tear gas and arrested dozens of demonstrators protesting the government's plan to push through a new constitution.
Nepal arrests more than 70 during Maoist-led strike
AFP, Published on 13/01/2015
» KATHMANDU - Nepalese police arrested more than 70 protesters Tuesday for attacking vehicles or coercing shopkeepers during a Maoist-led strike called before next week's deadline to draft a constitution.