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Election day bomb in Nepal capital injures 3: police

A crude bomb exploded Tuesday in Nepal's capital hours after polls opened for national elections, injuring three people and raising fears that left-wing extremists will disrupt the vote, police said.

Election day bomb in Nepal capital injures 3: police
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Nepal's smugglers cash in on India's love of gold

After a long drive from across the border in China, the white truck arrived in Nepal's capital at dawn with a seemingly innocuous cargo of Chinese-made clothes.

Nepal's smugglers cash in on India's love of gold
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Nepal bus crash kills 29: police

At least 29 people were killed and 12 injured when a bus veered off a narrow mountain road in thick fog in western Nepal on Saturday.

Nepal bus crash kills 29: police
Nepal campaigners plead for killer elephant's life

Nepalese animal rights groups pleaded Monday for the life of a lovelorn elephant which has trampled several people to death and is being hunted down by an army execution squad.

Nepal campaigners plead for killer elephant's life
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Nepal woman aged 105 finally granted citizenship

A pensioner has been granted Nepalese citizenship more than a century after she was born in a remote village of the Himalayan nation.

Nepal woman aged 105 finally granted citizenship
Trash from Everest recycled into sculpture

Discarded oxygen cylinders, ropes, tents, beer cans and even the remains of a helicopter have been turned into sculpture to highlight waste littering the slopes of Mount Everest.

Trash from Everest recycled into sculpture
Nepal plane crash kills all 19 on board: police

A small plane flying 19 people towards Mount Everest crashed on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital Friday, killing everyone on board including seven Britons and five Chinese.

Nepal plane crash kills all 19 on board: police
Despite tragedy, Ecuadoran climbers eye Nepali peak

Three Ecuadorans who survived an avalanche in Nepal that killed at least nine people at the weekend still aim to top out on Manaslu, the world's eighth highest mountain.

Despite tragedy, Ecuadoran climbers eye Nepali peak
Nine climbers dead, seven missing, in Nepal avalanche

Rescuers in Nepal searched Monday for seven missing climbers after an avalanche which killed at least nine people, swept away in their tents ahead of a final push on one of the world's highest mountains.

Nine climbers dead, seven missing, in Nepal avalanche