Namaste! Prince Harry Works His Charm in Nepal as He Kicks Off 5-Day Tour
By Maria Mercedes Lara @maria_mercedes 03/19/2016 AT 01:30 PM EDT Prince Harry has landed! The royal arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Saturday to begin his five-day visit to the Asian country. Dressed in a blue suit and still sporting his red beard, the prince greeted Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and the country's deputy prime minister and foreign minister Kamal Thapa. According to The Daily Telegraph, Harry also showed off his Nepali skills during a speech in front of ..>> view originalEU, Turkey reach breakthrough deal on refugee crisis, Czech PM says
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Michele Chabin, Special for USA TODAY 1:19 p.m. EDT March 19, 2016People shop on a crowded day at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem.(Photo: Abir Sultan, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY )JERUSALEM — Nearly six months of non-stop Palestinian attacks are dampening prospects for an Easter tourism season that normally provides this historic region a big economic boost.Israel’s $10-billion-a-year tourism industry never fully recovered from the war with Hamas in the summer of 2014. Now the..>> view originalCDC issues a Cuba travel warning over the Zika virus
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