Six killed in Nepal mountain landslides

Landslides triggered by monsoon rains buried parts of two remote mountainous villages in Nepal today, killing six people, with 10 others believed to be buried in the debris.

A landslide buried 10 houses in Purtingkada village, located about 200 miles west of the capital, Katmandu, said Krishna Prasad Adhikari, the chief government administrator of Rukum district.