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Nepal's government says a footbridge over a river gorge has collapsed as dozens of people were crossing it and three plunged 50 feet to their deaths.

THE number of rhinos living wild in Nepal has risen above 500 for the first time since a civil war that led to rampant poaching of the endangered animals, the government said on Sunday.

Nepal's only zoo has opened a new "honeymoon suite" for its two one-horned rhinos in the hope of persuading the endangered pair to breed for the first time.

Nepal's government was investigating the poaching of rhinos in the Himalayan nation after 28 of the endangered animals were killed over the past 11 months, an official said Monday.

Aubrey Sacco disappeared during a planned 10-day hike in Nepal. Her parents are convinced the free-spirited 23-year-old is alive, and her father has vowed not to return from Southeast Asia until she is found.

Wildlife officials are frantically hunting for a wild elephant which they believe is responsible for the deaths of 11 people in Nepal.

Three skydivers claim to have made the highest parachute landing ever at a drop zone high in the Himalayas of Nepal, officials said Wednesday.