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Nepal Earthquake survivor narrates his ordeal beneath rubble for about 80 hours

One of the survivors is pulled out of the rubble. 5,500 lives have been claimed so far. 

 

Kathmandu, Nepal: Nepali farmer Rishi Ram Khanal was looking forward to leaving Nepal for Dubai, where a $220-a-month job as a cleaner at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant promised him the chance to pull his young family out of a life of poverty.

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