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# Kathmandu

This year
2023
# Nepal
Irish national on board plane that crashed in Nepal killing dozens
The aircraft was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara.
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Last year
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# Nepal
14 bodies recovered after plane wreckage found in Nepal mountains
The Civil Aviation Authority said that the plane “met an accident” at 4,420 metres in the Sanosware area of Thasang rural municipality.
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May 30th 2022, 8:28 AM
# On top of the world
Sherpa guide breaks own record scaling Mount Everest for 26th time
Kami Rita, whose father was among the first Sherpa guides, first scaled Everest in 1994 and has been making the trip nearly every year since.
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May 8th 2022, 3:00 PM
All time
# climbing everest
As more climbers flock to Mt Everest, Sherpa guides are leaving the 'risky business'
The number of Everest climbers has more than doubled in two decades, but there aren’t enough guides to meet that demand.
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May 19th 2018, 1:00 PM
# Delays
Plane with 139 people on board skids off runway causing chaos at Kathmandu airport
Nobody was hurt in the incident but hundreds of passengers had flights cancelled.
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Apr 20th 2018, 9:26 AM
# Nepal
49 dead after plane crashes in Kathmandu in worst accident in decades
The disaster is the worst such incident to hit Nepal for years.
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Mar 12th 2018, 10:44 PM
# Nepal
Rescuers find trekker who survived in remote mountainous terrain for 47 days
The man’s partner had died three days before rescuers arrived, he said.
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Apr 26th 2017, 10:12 PM
# Kathmandu
Landslides and floods kill 33 in Nepal
Two children were killed when a school in the capital Kathmandu partially collapsed.
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Jul 27th 2016, 7:23 AM
Voices
Nepal earthquake survivor: 'More than anything now, the women need safety'
One month on, a survivor of the Nepalese earthquake talks about the conditions in the camps and the dangers faced by displaced women and girls.
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May 27th 2015, 6:00 PM
# fresh tremors
US helicopter missing in Nepal after massive earthquake that killed dozens
A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs said there were no reports or suggestions of any Irish casualties.
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May 12th 2015, 10:00 PM
# Panic
WATCH: The terrifying moment the Nepal quake struck the parliament
Dozens of people have been declared dead after the 7.3 magnitude earthquake.
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May 12th 2015, 4:07 PM
# survivor
Two people pulled alive from rubble five days after Nepal earthquake
One, a 15-year-old boy, was dazed and covered in dust when he was brought out from the wreckage of a building.
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Apr 30th 2015, 11:50 PM
# crash landing
Plane carrying 224 passengers skids off runway, ends up on grass
Nobody was injured, but witnesses said the cabin filled with smoke.
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Mar 4th 2015, 8:13 AM
# burned alive
Nepalese man burns pregnant wife alive by stuffing her in a hay bale
The woman who was four-months pregnant suffered burns on more than 50 per cent of her body
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Apr 9th 2013, 12:53 PM
# Nepal
19 killed in Nepal plane crash
The plane hit the roof of a house and disintegrated into several pieces just south of the capital. Kathmandu.
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Sep 25th 2011, 7:59 AM