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Urgent: Over 100 people feared killed in Nepal quake: source

Xinhua, April 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

More than 100 people are so far known to have been killed in a strong earthquake which hit large parts of Nepal on Saturday, including dozens in capital Kathmandu, sources here said.

After the 7.8-magnitude quake, the historic dharahara, the highest tower in Kathmandu valley collapsed, and hundred of casualties were feared in the capital. A series of aftershocks followed after the major jolt. Endi