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Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels since Nepal-Tibet floods

ABC News Australia Top Stories and Washington's Top News (WTOP) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels since Nepal-Tibet floods.
The headline split ABC News Australia Top Stories frames it as "Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels since Nepal-Tibet floods". Washington's Top News (WTOP) frames it as "Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950 in Nepal and China".
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ABC News Australia Top StoriesNews report · Aug 31, 9:13 PM

Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels since Nepal-Tibet floods

Rescuers are racing to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites since last week's catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll pa...

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Washington's Top News (WTOP)News report · Aug 31, 8:00 PM

Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950 in Nepal and China

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers raced Monday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal...

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Aug 31, 8:00 PM: Washington's Top News (WTOP) joined the source map.

Aug 31, 9:13 PM: ABC News Australia Top Stories joined the source map.

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