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- ↑ "Over 1,200 Nepali workers are back". The Himalayan Times. 6 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
- ↑ "Nepalese workers arrive home from Libya". Monsters & Critics. 27 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
- ↑ The Rising Nepal -Stranded Nepalese in Libya reaching Egypt border [ dead link ]
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