Nepal agrees to allow UN rights monitors into country
GENEVA, Tuesday (AFP) Nepal has agreed to immediately allow United
Nations monitors into the country to help prevent human rights abuses,
the UN's top human rights official announced, after authorities there
came under pressure from their main aid donors.
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Some 150 pilgrims swept away after India dam opens
DHARAJI, India, Tuesday (Reuters) Hundreds of wailing pilgrims lined the
banks of a holy river in central India on Tuesday praying for loved ones
after more than 150 people either drowned or were missing when the gates
of a nearby dam were opened.
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