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Nepal Appeals for Calm after Deadly Clashes over Constitution

Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and other political leaders appealed for calm Tuesday as anger flared over the police killing of two demonstrators during a protest against a new constitution.

Hundreds of police reinforcements were sent to the country's troubled midwest, the day after the two protesters were killed when police fired in a bid to fend off an attack on the home of a local lawmaker.

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Nepal Parties Sign Breakthrough Deal on New Constitution

Nepal's rival parties have signed an agreement drawing up the country's internal borders in a breakthrough that paves the way for a new national constitution, the country's prime minister said Sunday.

Spurred by April's devastating quake, Nepal's parties struck a historic deal in June to divide the country into eight provinces but left the crucial task of delineating state borders to a federal commission.

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Remains of 17 Missing Found in Quake-Hit Nepal Trek Zone

Locals have recovered the remains of another 17 people who were killed in Nepal's Langtang trekking region in April when an earthquake triggered a massive avalanche, a senior official said Wednesday.

Shiva Ram Gelal, chief officer of the central Rasuwa district that forms part of Langtang, said that locals had informed authorities after they found the remains in the last week.

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Toll from Nepal Landslides Climbs to 36

Emergency workers on Friday recovered seven more bodies from the debris of multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains in Nepal, taking the confirmed death toll to 36.

Police said rescuers were still searching for six people believed missing after Thursday's landslides, which crushed villages in the western district of Kaski in the foothills of the Himalayas, around 150 kilometers (90 miles) west of Kathmandu.

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Landslides Kill 29 in Nepal

Landslides triggered by heavy rains in quake-hit Nepal killed at least 29 people on Thursday, sweeping away homes and leaving more than a dozen missing.

Rescuers are still searching through rubble for around 15 more people believed missing in the western district of Kaski in the foothills of the Himalayas, around 150 kilometers (90 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu.

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Monsoon Troubles Nepal Quake Survivors Three Months on

As dark clouds loomed overhead, Rabi Baral hurriedly secured his tent to the ground at a camp for victims of Nepal's earthquake, three months after the disaster upended his life.

The 7.8-magnitude quake on April 25 destroyed the 41-year-old's home and left him without a job, forcing him and his young family to take refuge in a makeshift camp in Nepal's capital Kathmandu.

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Nepal Police Arrest 247 as Charter Protest Turns Violent

Nepalese police arrested nearly 250 demonstrators on Friday as they torched vehicles and forced schools, shops and businesses to shut down in protest over government plans to pass a new constitution.

Police said they had arrested 247 Maoist activists over the violence and deployed heavy security during the first national strike since a devastating quake hit the country in April.

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Dozens Injured in Nepal Charter Protests

Clashes between police and hundreds of demonstrators left dozens injured in central and southern Nepal on Monday during protests about the draft of a long-awaited new constitution, an opposition leader said.

Lawmakers tabled the draft in parliament last month after bickering parties struck an historic deal to divide the country into eight provinces, paving the way for a new federal structure.

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Nepal Quake Forces 'Living Goddess' to Break Decades of Seclusion

When a massive earthquake struck Nepal in April, Nepal's longest-serving "living goddess" was forced to do the unthinkable -- walk the streets for the first time in her life, she told AFP in a rare interview.

Still following the cloistered lifestyle she entered at the age of two, Dhana Kumari Bajracharya also opened up about her unusually long 30-year reign, suggesting the pain of her unceremonious dethroning in the 1980s was still raw. 

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One Killed as Landslide Hits Nepal School

A landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains buried parts of a school in western Nepal on Thursday, killing a student and injuring 12 people.

Police said the landslide buried three classrooms at the school in Pokhara where students were sitting end-of-term exams.  

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