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    <description>South Asia, explained through the numbers. Video explainers on South Asia built on public data: every number dated, every source listed, our own analysis shown.</description>
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      <title>One Bug, Two Central Banks Offline: What Happened in South Asia</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>On 25 October we tried to open the websites of seven central banks in South Asia. Six opened. No hack was reported; the sites that went dark were switched off on purpose, after two critical flaws were found in PHP.</description>
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      <title>Who Gets the Money From Mount Everest?</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Every foreign climber pays Nepal $15,000 to climb Everest. We followed one permit through Nepal's own records, then the rest of the bill, the people who do the climbing, and the mountain's own bill.</description>
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      <title>Hormuz: What Seven Months of Shock Cost South Asia</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Strait of Hormuz is nowhere near South Asia, yet seven months of disruption put Sri Lankan drivers on fuel quotas, cut factory hours in Bangladesh and pushed up prices from Karachi to Kathmandu.</description>
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      <title>The River Deal That Expires This December</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>India and Bangladesh have split the dry-season Ganges at Farakka under one treaty since 1996. It was signed for 30 years, and it runs out on 12 December 2026.</description>
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      <title>Why Nepal Can't Afford for Its Workers to Come Home</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 07:56:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Nepalis working abroad sent home Rs 2.36 trillion last year, more than the government spent. Where the money goes, why it matters, and what happens if it stops.</description>
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