NepalhasdeclaredthreedaysofmourningforthevictimsofSaturday's7.8magnitudeearthquakethatleftnearly5,000deadandthousandsmoreindesperateneedofaid.
InatelevisednewsconferenceTuesday,NepalesePrimeMinisterKoiralathankeddonorsfortheirassistance.Headdedthatgettinghelptoremoteareasremainsamajorchallenge.
TheUnitedNationssaysthedisasterhasaffectedeightmillionpeoplewith1.4millioninneedoffood.TheU.N.saysitwoulddraw$15millionfromitsemergencyfundforreliefoperations.
OfficialssaidTuesdaythedeathtollhadclimbedtomorethan4,600people.About9,000othersareinjured.Theysaidthosenumberscouldgohigherasworkersclearmoreofthedamagedareas.
Indonesiaexecuteseightdrugconvicts,sparesone
Indonesiahasexecutedeightdrugconvicts,includingseveralforeignnationals,despitestrongoppositionabroad.
TheconvictsincludedtwoAustralianmembersofaherointraffickingring,aBraziliannational,andanIndonesiancitizen.
IndonesianPresidentJokoWidodorefusedtoreducetheseverityoftheconvicts'punishment,despiteoppositionandappealsfromtheinternationalcommunity.ThepresidentdescribedtheexecutionsasnecessarytocontrolwhathecallsIndonesia's"drugemergency."
Localmediareportssayaninthconvict,awomanfromthePhilippines,wastobeexecuted,butsuddenlywasnot.OfficialssayherexecutionwasdelayedbecauseofarequestfromthePhilippinepresident.TheFilipinaconvicthasbeenaskedtotestifyinthetrialofapersonsuspectedofhumantraffickinginthePhilippines.
Obama,AbepledgetocompletePacificRimtradepact
U.S.PresidentBarackObamaandJapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbeagreedTuesdaytocompletea12-nationPacificRimtradeagreement.Mr.AbeisinthemiddleofastatevisittotheUnitedStates.
Mr.ObamaandMr.AbespokeatanewsconferenceTuesdayattheWhiteHouse.Mr.ObamasaidthetradebillwouldboostU.S.exportersandthecountry'slabormarket.ButhealsoacceptedthatthereisoppositiontoaPacificRimtradeagreementinboththeU.S.andinJapan.
Thetwoleadersdidnotannounceanydetailsabouttheremainingdifficultiestocompletinganagreement.TheproposedtradebillwouldopenupexportsforbothJapaneseandAmericanmanufacturers,alongwiththosein10othernationsthatborderthePacific.
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