7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal, felt in India

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Four-month-old baby pulled alive from Nepal rubble 22 hours after his parents lost him during earthquake

A four-month-old baby miraculously survived the Nepal earthquake and was pulled out of rubble by rescuers almost a day after being trapped.
The infant’s parents frantically tried to find the child after Saturday’s 7.8 earthquake rocked the Asian country, killing over 5,000 people, including tourists visiting its iconic Mount Everest. Rescuers tried to find him after his parents reported him missing, Kathmandu Today reports (rough translation through Google Translate), but gave him up for dead after they couldn’t find him.
Later, his cries broke the silence, and they went back for a second look. That’s when soldiers uncovered a small bundle covered in dust amid the ruins.
When they pulled the baby from the rubble, he appeared fine. A cameraman for Kathmandu Today caught the entire stunning scene on film.
He has been taken to hospital and initial tests suggest he’s just fine, if a little dirty and likely dehydrated.



Read more: Four-month-old baby pulled alive from Nepal rubble 22 hours after his parents lost him during earthquake | National Post

Amazing! I don't use words like 'miracle' often or lightly, but yeah. :)
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Sal said:
it's still not a war on poverty...the Americans use that term for everything that is negative in their society...they have a war on it and when they do use the term you can bet it's going to fail and they lose that war everyday
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The US claims to wage a war on poverty, but it does not. It wages war on the poor. It's actual wars (the ones were it uses weapons) are disasters. The war on drugs, the war on terror, the police war on black America are all just cash grabs for weapons manufacturers, private security and logistics, prisons and banks and debt collectors.
 
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Alberta couple confirmed dead after Nepal earthquake
Trevor Robb, Postmedia Network
First posted: Saturday, May 02, 2015 04:01 PM EDT | Updated: Saturday, May 02, 2015 05:36 PM EDT
EDMONTON -- An Alberta couple missing since the Nepal earthquake have been confirmed dead.
“It is with our deepest regret and sorrow that we now advise you that our sister Kathy Macmillan (Smith), and our brother Bruce Macmillan have both perished in the Nepalese earthquake,” family announced on a Facebook page dedicated to finding the couple.
The Macmillans, of St. Albert, were marking their 35th anniversary with a trip to Nepal, an area they visited shortly after they were married, according to the post.
Bruce, 62, and Kathy, 57, had been travelling through Asia for about six months and had made plans for their two sons -- Fraser Macmillan, 30, and Jay Macmillan, 28 -- to join them in Nepalese capital of Kathmandu on April 27.
The couple was last heard from on April 20, when they alerted family they'd made a last-minute decision to trek through Langtang National Park before they were to meet their sons.
Last Saturday, a 7.9-magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal. At least 6,200 people were killed, another 14,000 injured and scores are still unaccounted for.
“Bruce and Kathy were seen to be hiking in the area that was totally buried in the avalanche at the village of Chyamki,” the Facebook post said.
“Kathy and Bruce passed away while travelling the world, their passion from the moment they were married."
-- with files from Claire Theobald
Trevor.robb@sunmedia.ca
Twitter: @SunTrevorRobb
Bruce and Kathy Macmillan, from St. Albert, Alta., have been missing since a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. The family released a statement on Facebook Saturday saying the couple have died. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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