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At least 40 killed in Nepal’s worst air crash in 30 years 

  By Reuters and published by The Business Standard Kathmandu – At least 40 people were killed on Sunday (Jan. 15) when an aircraft of domestic carrier Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, a Nepal aviation authority official said. “Rescue operations are on,” said Jagannath Niroula, spokesman for Nepal civil aviation authority. “Weather was […]

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Serpent’ serial killer Charles Sobhraj leaves Nepali jail

  By AFP and published by CNA Kathmandu, Nepal – French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders of young foreigners in the 1970s across Asia, was freed on Friday (Dec. 23) after spending almost 20 years in a Nepali jail. Sobhraj, 78, whose life was chronicled in the successful series The Serpent, was […]

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