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BBC News - World
LIVE - China suspends rescue efforts at Nepal-Tibet border due to risk of second flood - Flash flooding on Wednesday has killed at least 469 people, as Beijing warns that a newly formed lake of rising water near the Nepal border could burst its banks.
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