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Fearing Aftershocks, Thousands Stream Out Of Kathmandu

8:19pm April 30, 2015

by Russell Lewis

Tens of thousands of people are leaving the Nepali capital. Some are returning to villages to try to find family missing since the earthquake. Others are scared of the threat of aftershocks.

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President Obama Relaxed Drone Rules For CIA Operations In Pakistan

6:40pm April 30, 2015

In 2013, President Obama tightened rules for drone strikes in order to reduce civilian casualties. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Wall Street Journal correspondent Adam Entous who learned that the president secretly waived the new rules for CIA operations in Pakistan.

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Monks and aid workers walk to the arrival terminal at Kathmandu's international airport. The plane was unable to secure an arrival gate when it landed on Wednesday.

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With Only One Runway, Kathmandu's Airport Hinders Earthquake Relief

2:04pm April 30, 2015

by Russell Lewis

There's gridlock at Nepal's international airport. That has complicated efforts to get goods and supplies into the country after Saturday's earthquake.

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The General (right) and his opponent, Dragon, lock horns during this year's Cheongdo Bullfighting Festival in South Korea. There are no matadors and no swords in the South Korean version. The bulls fight until one turns and runs.

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Bullfighting For Buddhists: A Less Bloody Alternative In South Korea

11:19am April 30, 2015

by Marius Stankiewicz

There are no matadors, no swords and little gore, just two bulls butting heads at the country's annual bullfighting festival. In the end, neither creature dies; each just expresses its "emotions."

Members of Nepal's Armed Police Force carry an officer as they cheer the successful rescue of a teenager who had been trapped by Saturday's earthquake in Kathmandu.

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Rescue Brings A Bit Of Good News To Nepal's Capital After Earthquake

10:52am April 30, 2015

by Bill Chappell

For five days, a teenager in Kathmandu was covered in the rubble of a seven-story building that was hit by Saturday's powerful tremor. On Thursday, rescue crews pulled him to safety.

A man prays next to rubble of a temple destroyed in Saturday's earthquake in Kathmandu.

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Nepal Death Toll Tops 5,000; At Least 1.4 Million Need Food Aid

7:32am April 30, 2015

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

Nearly 11,000 more were injured. The toll includes four Americans who died at a Mount Everest base camp. In addition to food, the U.N. says medical supplies are desperately needed.

Now this is an international baby: Born to a surrogate mom in Nepal (who was implanted with an egg from a South African donor) and now living in Israel with his parents, Amir Vogel Greengold (left) and Gilad Greengold.

Israeli Dads Welcome Surrogate-Born Baby In Nepal On Earthquake Day

12:19am April 30, 2015

by Emily Harris

Mazel tov, it's a global baby boy! The egg was from a South African donor; the sperm was from Israel. The surrogate mom lived in Nepal. And when the dads came to meet their son, an earthquake struck.

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Girls share a quiet moment before school starts in Barpark village in the Gorkha district, 1984. The village was reportedly at the epicenter of the earthquake.

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Nepal, Before The Earthquake Struck: A Photographer's Portfolio

8:36pm April 29, 2015

by Rena Silverman

Kevin Bubriski came as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1975, camera in hand, and has taken photos of daily life for 40 years: monks, haircuts, schoolgirls in a village that was at the quake's epicenter.

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Vietnam Native Who Fled Country During War Returns Home

7:05pm April 29, 2015

For the series on Vietnam, tomorrow NPR visits Nguyen Qui Duc, who fled the country before the communist takeover in 1975. He now lives in Hanoi and says he feels more at home than ever.

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Nepali Prime Minister Declares 3 Days Of Mourning Following Quake

7:05pm April 29, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

Nepal's prime minister declared three days of national mourning after Saturday's earthquake. The death toll could exceed 10,000. For many, the mourning began right after the disaster, but for some families, the search for loved ones continues.

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