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21-year-old Nepalese woman dies during menstrual exile
A WOMAN has died in a remote village in Nepal after being exiled from her home during her period, government official Tul Bahadur Kawcha said today.
The 21-year-old is believed to have died from smoke inhalation from a fire she lit in a hut to keep warm in the freezing temperatures in the mountain village.
She was found dead on Monday.
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