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Nepal moves closer to claiming disputed land with India

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 9, 2020, file photo, Nepal's Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali points to a map of Nepal during an interview with the Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a constitution amendment on Saturday to change the nation’s map that includes territory claimed by both Nepal and India which is likely to anger New Delhi. House of Representatives speaker Agni Kharel announced that all 258 members who were present on Saturday voted in favor of the constitution amendment proposal. The amendment proposal needed two-third of the 275 total seats in the parliament. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Nepal lawmakers OK map including area disputed with India

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Nepal border police fire at Indians, killing 1, injuring 2

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Nepal’s foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Gyawali said Tuesday that the country was still waiting for a response from India on holding talks to resolve a border dispute that has strained relations between the South Asian neighbors. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

AP Interview: Nepal calls again for border talks with India

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, May 11, 2020, file photo, Nepalese students shout slogans during a protest against the Indian government inaugurating a new road through a disputed territory between India and Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal's latest border dispute with India, that has strained relations between the two South Asian countries with centuries-old historical, cultural and economical ties, has brought tiny Himalayan nation's bickering political parties together in a rare show of unity. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Nepal’s parties show rare unity on border dispute with India

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

India denies new road breaches territory disputed with Nepal

By EMILY SCHMALL and ROSHAN SEDHAI - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 16, 2020 photo, a paramedic speaks to a man at a labor camp in the Al Quoz neighborhood of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Migrant workers in oil-rich Gulf Arab states have long been a lifeline for their families back home but they now find themselves trapped by the coronavirus pandemic. They are losing jobs, running out of money and desperate to return home as COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, stalks their labor camps. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Virus traps, sickens foreign laborers in Gulf Arab states

By JON GAMBRELL and AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

An American citizen arrives to board a Qatar Airways flight at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Several American citizens are stranded in Nepal due to the nationwide lockdown enforced in an attempt to stop the coronavirus spread. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Hundreds of stranded Americans leave Nepal amid lockdown

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Stranded German tourists wait for a bus to the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, March 27, 2020. A rescue flight arranged by the German government on Friday picked up tourists who had been stranded in Nepal since the Himalayan nation went on lockdown earlier this week, officials said. Up to 10,000 tourists are believed to be stranded in Nepal since the government ordered a complete lockdown that halted all flights and road travel to prevent the spread of the virus. Businesses and government offices were also shut. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Germany sends plane to rescue stranded tourists from Nepal

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FILE - In this May 22, 2019, file photo, a long queue of mountain climbers line a path on Mount Everest just below camp four, in Nepal. Expedition operators on Mount Everest say that Chinese mountaineering officials will not allow spring climbs from their side of the mountain due to fears of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rizza Alee, File)

Nepal cancels spring mountain climbing season due to virus

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 27, 2019, file photo, a bird flies as Mount Everest is seen from Namche Bajar, Solukhumbu district, Nepal. Expedition operators on Mount Everest say that Chinese mountaineering officials will not allow spring climbs from their side of the mountain due to fears of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Guides say China is shutting Everest due to virus fears

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 4, 2019, file photo, a Hindu holy man smokes marijuana at the courtyard of the Pashupatinath Temple during Shivaratri festivalin Kathmandu, Nepal. Dozens of Nepalese parliament members have filed a proposal seeking to legalize marijuana use in the Himalayan nation. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Nepal lawmakers seek to legalize growing, using marijuana

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FILE-In this Aug. 26, 2012 file photo, members of Nepal's LGBT community are reflected on a water logged track as they participate in a physical training at the Dasarath stadium in Katmandu, Nepal. Nepal's upcoming national census will for the first time count the LGBT population in the Himalayan nation in order to better allocate government jobs and education set aside for minority groups, an official said Thursday. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi, File)

Nepal census will add 3rd gender, recognizing LGBT minority

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020 photo, trekkers are being rescued in an helicopter a day after after an avalanche hit Mount Annapurna trail in Nepal. Special army and government rescue personnel were searching again on Monday for four South Korean trekkers and their three Nepali guides lost since an avalanche swept a popular trekking route in Nepal's mountains. (AP Photo/Phurba Ongel Sherpa)

Nepal ends search for missing South Korean trekkers, guides

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In this Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020 photo, trekkers are being rescued in an helicopter a day after after an avalanche hit Mount Annapurna trail in Nepal. Special army and government rescue personnel were searching again on Monday for four South Korean trekkers and their three Nepali guides lost since an avalanche swept a popular trekking route in Nepal's mountains. (AP Photo/Phurba Ongel Sherpa)

Rescuers resume search for 4 Korean climbers, 3 Nepal guides

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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2014, file photo, trekkers watch the sun rise over the Annapurna Range, right, in central Nepal, as viewed from Poon Hill, above the village of Ghorepani. An avalanche swept the popular Annapurna circuit trekking route, which encircles Mount Annapurna, leaving at least four South Koreans and three Nepali guides missing, authorities said Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Malcolm Foster, File)

New avalanches in Nepal interrupt search for 7 trekkers

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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2014, file photo, trekkers watch the sun rise over the Annapurna Range, right, in central Nepal, as viewed from Poon Hill, above the village of Ghorepani. An avalanche swept the popular Annapurna circuit trekking route, which encircles Mount Annapurna, leaving at least four South Koreans and three Nepali guides missing, authorities said Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Malcolm Foster, File)

4 SKoreans, 3 Nepal guides missing in avalanche; 30 rescued

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Nepal’s main airport cuts the heat amid worries over power

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Mukan Htoo, a Burma refugee, talked during the dinner with the refugees and visitors in Strasburg, Pa. The event brings immigrants and neighbors together for a chance to share their stories and culture through food. (Paul Kuehnel/York Daily Record via AP)

Breaking bread with Amish, refugee families

By NEIL STREBIG and York Daily Record - Associated Press

Nepal detains 122 Chinese on suspicion of financial crimes

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