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Nepal Earthquake: Red Cross Raises Aid Appeal to $93 Million
The Red Cross today ramped up its appeal for aid to disaster-hit Nepal, requesting $93 million in assistance after two earthquakes in less than three weeks killed nearly 8,500 and left thousands homeless.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Expresses Grief Over Nepal Chopper Crash
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the US helicopter crash in Nepal was "saddening", adding that India was ready to provide all possible assistance.
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Nepal Earthquake: John Kerry Discusses Relief With External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
India and the US discussed the relief efforts in quake-devastated Nepal during a call by US Secretary of State John Kerry to his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj.
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Nepal to Send Back 4,050 Foreign Rescue Personnel
Nepal's disaster panel on Sunday recommended that 4,050 foreign rescue and search personnel be sent back as its own security personnel can handle the task of recovering the remaining bodies of people killed in the April 25 earthquake, an official said.
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Nepal Shares Runway Concerns About Heavy Planes with Supplies at its Airport
Nepal has imposed certain restrictions on huge aircraft flying in relief supplies to Katmandu's Tribhuvan airport - the only international airport of the tiny country - following the April 25 earthquake that left over 7,000 dead and many more homeless.
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Nepal Earthquake: Relief Goods for Victims Held Up at Customs, Says UN
Some of the relief material for survivors of Nepal's devastating earthquake was being held up at the country's only international airport because of customs bottlenecks, the United Nations said today, as the death toll from the disaster passed 6,600.
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Nepal Earthquake: US Marines to Begin Relief Operation Today
US military aircraft, heavy equipment and air traffic controllers will start arriving in Nepal from today as part of a US relief operation following the devastating earthquake, a senior US officer said.
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Over 6,600 Dead in Earthquake, No Possibility of Finding More Survivors, Says Nepal Government
Nepal's government ruled out the possibility today of finding more survivors buried in the rubble from last weekend's massive earthquake as it announced the death toll had risen to 6,621.
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Nepal Sets Up $2 Billion Reconstruction Fund
The Nepal government on Thursday decided to set up a $2 billion fund to rebuild thousands of buildings that were either damaged or destroyed in the killer earthquake on April 25.
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Nepal Earthquake: Barack Obama Calls Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, Offers 'Deep Condolences'
US President Barack Obama called Nepal's prime minister on Wednesday to express his "deep condolences" for the loss of life in a massive earthquake that has devastated the Himalayan nation.
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Nepal Earthquake: Riot Police Intervene as Anger Erupts Among Survivors
Desperate to leave, thousands of people began gathering from before dawn outside the main bus station after the government promised to lay on special services to far-flung rural areas.
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Nepal Prime Minister Heckled by Quake Survivors Angry That Aid is Not Reaching Them; Toll Over 5,000
Nepal Prime Minster Sushil Koirala was heckled today at a Kathmandu relief camp as angry survivors of Saturdays devastating earthquake demanded that relief coming in from foreign countries be made available to them.
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Nepal Earthquake: Man Rescued After 80 Hours in Collapsed Building With 3 Bodies
A 28-year-old man spent over 80 hours with three dead bodies inside a collapsed apartment in earthquake battered Kathmandu in Nepal. A woman spent 50 hours wedged between two slabs in the debris of a five-storey building. They were both rescued on Tuesday.
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Nepal Earthquake: Red Cross Raises Aid Appeal to $93 Million
The Red Cross today ramped up its appeal for aid to disaster-hit Nepal, requesting $93 million in assistance after two earthquakes in less than three weeks killed nearly 8,500 and left thousands homeless.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Expresses Grief Over Nepal Chopper Crash
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the US helicopter crash in Nepal was "saddening", adding that India was ready to provide all possible assistance.
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Nepal Earthquake: John Kerry Discusses Relief With External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
India and the US discussed the relief efforts in quake-devastated Nepal during a call by US Secretary of State John Kerry to his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj.
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Nepal to Send Back 4,050 Foreign Rescue Personnel
Nepal's disaster panel on Sunday recommended that 4,050 foreign rescue and search personnel be sent back as its own security personnel can handle the task of recovering the remaining bodies of people killed in the April 25 earthquake, an official said.
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Nepal Shares Runway Concerns About Heavy Planes with Supplies at its Airport
Nepal has imposed certain restrictions on huge aircraft flying in relief supplies to Katmandu's Tribhuvan airport - the only international airport of the tiny country - following the April 25 earthquake that left over 7,000 dead and many more homeless.
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Nepal Earthquake: Relief Goods for Victims Held Up at Customs, Says UN
Some of the relief material for survivors of Nepal's devastating earthquake was being held up at the country's only international airport because of customs bottlenecks, the United Nations said today, as the death toll from the disaster passed 6,600.
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Nepal Earthquake: US Marines to Begin Relief Operation Today
US military aircraft, heavy equipment and air traffic controllers will start arriving in Nepal from today as part of a US relief operation following the devastating earthquake, a senior US officer said.
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Over 6,600 Dead in Earthquake, No Possibility of Finding More Survivors, Says Nepal Government
Nepal's government ruled out the possibility today of finding more survivors buried in the rubble from last weekend's massive earthquake as it announced the death toll had risen to 6,621.
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Nepal Sets Up $2 Billion Reconstruction Fund
The Nepal government on Thursday decided to set up a $2 billion fund to rebuild thousands of buildings that were either damaged or destroyed in the killer earthquake on April 25.
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Nepal Earthquake: Barack Obama Calls Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, Offers 'Deep Condolences'
US President Barack Obama called Nepal's prime minister on Wednesday to express his "deep condolences" for the loss of life in a massive earthquake that has devastated the Himalayan nation.
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Nepal Earthquake: Riot Police Intervene as Anger Erupts Among Survivors
Desperate to leave, thousands of people began gathering from before dawn outside the main bus station after the government promised to lay on special services to far-flung rural areas.
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Nepal Prime Minister Heckled by Quake Survivors Angry That Aid is Not Reaching Them; Toll Over 5,000
Nepal Prime Minster Sushil Koirala was heckled today at a Kathmandu relief camp as angry survivors of Saturdays devastating earthquake demanded that relief coming in from foreign countries be made available to them.
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Nepal Earthquake: Man Rescued After 80 Hours in Collapsed Building With 3 Bodies
A 28-year-old man spent over 80 hours with three dead bodies inside a collapsed apartment in earthquake battered Kathmandu in Nepal. A woman spent 50 hours wedged between two slabs in the debris of a five-storey building. They were both rescued on Tuesday.
