7 climbers killed, 4 missing in avalanche in Nepal
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Unstable snow and fluctuating weather conditions brought on by Cyclone Monica are believed to have caused the avalanche. Five tourists and ten Nepali high-altitude guides set out roughly an hour before the slide occurred near the base camp of Yalung Ri Peak.
Inspectors suspect some of the blazes, which incinerated more than 450,000 court files, were deliberately set to destroy evidence.
The Kathmandu Post on MSN
Police still using Second World War-era hunting rifles
A silver lining amid all these unfortunate events is that local communities are closer to the police, as displayed by their efforts to rebuild damaged police infrastructure.
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Police in Kathmandu opened fire Monday on protesters demonstrating against a government ban on social media, killing at least 10 and wounding dozens more. Six people died at the Bir Hospital in Kathmandu, the Kantipur newspaper said ...