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NEPAL

Photo faked on Qomolangma top

An Indian couple falsified photographs of themselves at the top of Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, to get their feat certified by Kathmandu, Nepal said on Wednesday, after earlier saying the climb was valid. Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod, both police constables, said they reached the top of the world's highest mountain on May 23 - but fellow climbers cast doubt on their claim, saying their photos at the summit were doctored. Nepal's tourism department initially certified the couple's climb.