ANOTHER MIRACLE  Funchu Tamang, 101, sits on a bed in a hospital in Nuwakot district on May 3, 2015 around 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Kathmanduwhere he was taken after being rescued from his collapsed home a day earlier. AFP PHOTO
ANOTHER MIRACLE
Funchu Tamang, 101, sits on a bed in a hospital in Nuwakot district on May 3, 2015 around 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Kathmanduwhere he was taken after being rescued from his collapsed home a day earlier. AFP PHOTO

KATHMANDU: Rescuers have pulled a 101-year-old man alive from his ruined home a week after Nepal’s earthquake claimed at least 7,200 lives, as the government warned Sunday the death toll will climb “much higher”.

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