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Nepal quake survivors clash with riot police, UN seeks $415 mn

Desperate survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people clashed with riot police in Nepal’s capital on Wednesday, as the United Nations appealed for $415 million for the devastated Himalayan nation. Supplies of food and water are running thin and aftershocks have strained nerves in ruined Kathmandu, home to some 2.5 million before it was shattered by Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude quake. “We’ve been left starving in the cold

Nepal quake survivors clash with riot police, UN seeks $415 mn

Desperate survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people clashed with riot police in Nepal’s capital on Wednesday, as the United Nations appealed for $415 million for the devastated Himalayan nation. Supplies of food and water are running thin and aftershocks have strained nerves in ruined Kathmandu, home to some 2.5 million before it was shattered by Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude quake. “We’ve been left starving in the cold

Baltimore uneasily awaits answers on black man's death

By Scott Malone and Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Baltimore remained on edge on Wednesday, with police in riot gear deployed near the site of a wave of rioting as citizens expressed anger over the death of a black man after his arrest by local police. The smell of smoke hung in the air near a West Baltimore CVS pharmacy that was torched two days earlier, while area residents said

Baltimore uneasily awaits answers on black man's death

By Scott Malone and Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Baltimore remained on edge on Wednesday, with police in riot gear deployed near the site of a wave of rioting as citizens expressed anger over the death of a black man after his arrest by local police. The smell of smoke hung in the air near a West Baltimore CVS pharmacy that was torched two days earlier, while area residents said