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April 29, 2015

Aid reaches quake-hit Nepal villagers as death toll passes 5,000
Gorkha, Nepal (AFP) April 28, 2015
Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal Tuesday, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed more than 5,000 people. "The ground keeps shaking, even this morning it did. Every time it feels like we will be swallowed, that we will die now. I want to get out of here!" said Sita Gurung, 24, whose home had been wrecked. As the Himalayan nation's Prime Minister Sushil Koirala said getting help to remote areas was a " ... read more

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