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Nepalis In Worst-Hit Areas Suffer Through Devastating Destruction

8:51am April 29, 2015

by Julie McCarthy

In the mountains outside Kathmandu, little aid has reached the victims. About 95 percent of residents there are living outdoors because structures are not safe. Rain has added to their misery.

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4 Americans Were Hiking In Nepal When Quake Hit

8:51am April 29, 2015

Among those caught up by Nepal's devastating earthquake, were hundreds of tourists. Those included four hikers from California, who were trapped in a small mountain village.

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A young girl sits on her luggage as she waits in a long line with her family, hoping to board buses provided by the government to return to their homes outside Kathmandu.

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In Nepal, A Flood Of People Leave Capital To Return Home

8:38am April 29, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Reporting from the quake's epicenter, NPR's Julie McCarthy says, "When we arrived last night, you could feel the ground shaking constantly. It felt like Jello and it lasted through the evening."

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Children aboard this World Airways DC-8 jet were evacuated from Vietnam on April 2, 1975, shortly before the fall of Saigon and just two days before the first official Operation Babylift flight. Among the children was Thanh Jeff Ghar (center, lying by a w

Flight Attendant On Saigon Evacuation: You Wanted 'To Help Every Child'

6:44am April 29, 2015

by Patricia Murphy

Days before the fall of Saigon, a plane left Vietnam with 57 children on board. The program intended to bring orphans to the U.S. was controversial, but two who were there say it was right.

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Displaced family members with their children in a field opposite the airport in Kathmandu on April 27.

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What You Need To Know Before Donating To Earthquake Relief For Nepal

1:04am April 29, 2015

by Diane Cole

The earlier you give, the better. In the days after a disaster, outside help is critical. But you need to be careful. For example, you might think twice if a charity hasn't worked in Nepal till now.

A composite image of file photos shows Australians Myuran Sukumaran (left) and Andrew Chan in Denpasar district court in Bali. Indonesia executed the two men, along with six others, early Wednesday.

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Australia To Recall Envoy To Indonesia Over Execution Of 'Bali 9' Pair

8:30pm April 28, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan were the ringleaders of a group that sought to smuggle heroin out of Bali in 2005. Their families said the men had turned their lives around since then.

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Earthquake In Nepal Sheds Light On Its Volatile Political History

7:53pm April 28, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Jonah Blank, a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, about the economics, politics and culture of the Himalayan country.

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A man stands near collapsed houses in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on April 27, two days after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit Nepal. Aftershocks tend to get less frequent with time, scientists say, but not necessarily gentler.

Big Aftershocks In Nepal Could Persist For Years

6:20pm April 28, 2015

by Richard Harris

Saturday's magnitude-7.8 quake released stress that was building for 150 years, scientists say, and it reshuffled tension to nearby faults.

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Nepal Earthquake Victims Are Desperate For Help

5:15pm April 28, 2015

by Julie McCarthy

International aid groups have yet to reach the remote mountain villages where the expectation is that many may have been wiped off the map. In Kathmandu, there's anger that aid is too slow in coming.

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Journalist Donatella Lorch broke her no-motorcycle rule so she and her 10-year-old son, Lucas, could survey earthquake damage.

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A 10-Year-Old's View Of The Nepal Earthquake

3:13pm April 28, 2015

by Donatella Lorch

"It would be so much more convenient if the earthquake would send us an email in advance with all the details of its arrival," a fearful Lucas told his mother, a journalist.