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Fresh avalanches force workers to call off search in Nepal
Fresh avalanches forced rescuers in a village buried by a landslide in northern Nepal to stop searching for bodies in the aftermath ...Nepal earthquake survivors turn to rebuilding homes and lives
Six years ago, Paru Shrestha\'s family tore down their old home in the Nepali town of Sankhu and replaced it with a ...Pakistan helicopter crashes killing Norwegian, Philippine ambassadors
A Pakistan military helicopter carrying diplomats to the launch of projects in northern Pakistan crashed on Friday killing six people, including the ...David Cameron wins second term as British Prime Minister
Prime Minister David Cameron\'s Conservatives are set to govern Britain for another five years after an unexpectedly strong showing, but may have ...Emergency funds for Nepal quake slow to come in, says UN
Only a fraction of the emergency funds the United Nations has requested for victims of Nepal\'s earthquake have come in, U.N. officials ...Thousands of Nepalese pray for earthquake victims
Thousands of Nepalese dressed in white offered prayers and flowers at home and in temples Thursday in a Hindu ritual marking the ...WHO figures show Ebola deaths pass 11,000
The number of deaths from the Ebola epidemic now exceeds 11,000, figures from the World Health Organization showed on Wednesday.Rescuers step up hunt for bodies in quake-hit Nepal trekking village
Nepalese soldiers and villagers dug through snow mounds in a remote hamlet on Wednesday in search of scores of bodies of villagers ...Afghan judge sentences four to death for mob killing of woman
An Afghan judge sentenced four men to death on Wednesday for the mob killing of 27-year-old woman accused of burning a Koran ...Bad weather disrupts links with avalanche-hit Nepal village
Bad weather has cut links with a remote village in Nepal where dozens of villagers and trekkers are believed to be buried ...