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80-Year-Old Man Begins Journey To Become Eldest On Everest

The Huffington Post | Carlo Davis | Posted 05.17.2013 | World

An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has set out to reclaim his title as the oldest man ever to successfully summit Mount Everest. According to the...

Call of the Wild: 8 Offbeat Places to Connect with Nature

minube | Posted 05.17.2013 | Travel
minube

From ancient temples crawling with monkeys and rats to desolate beaches teeming with exotic wildlife, here are 10 unusual places to connect with nature.

My Country Is Not A Lost Cause

Ravi Kumar | Posted 05.09.2013 | World
Ravi Kumar

In the late 1990s, my parents and neighbors used to talk about how our fellow Nepalis were killing each other, or how our government was unstable, or ...

Fighting Climbers On Mt. Everest Reach Truce

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 05.01.2013 | World

KATMANDU, Nepal -- A truce has been reached between three foreign climbers and Nepalese Sherpa guides who were involved in a fistfight on Mount Everes...

Witness Describes 'Terrifying' Brawl On Mt. Everest

Agence France Presse | Kyle Knight | Posted 04.29.2013 | World

A mountaineer on Everest described the "terrifying" scene of two famous European climbers fighting with Nepalese guides in a high-altitude brawl that ...

Why Empowering Girls Is Key To Ending Poverty

Ravi Kumar | Posted 04.21.2013 | Impact
Ravi Kumar

Sokha, a skinny orphan girl in Cambodia used to pick through garbage to survive. But thanks to series of events, she was able to enroll in school and ...

Covering in Katmandu, and the Uncovering of an American Trans Icon

Dana Beyer | Posted 04.10.2013 | Gay Voices
Dana Beyer

While I was operating in western Nepal I could bury myself in my work, pushing aside the desire to just finally come out and transition. One experience in Nepal exemplified my inner conflict and that was the Passover seder we created in Katmandu that year.

Nepalese Man Burns Pregnant Wife Alive

Agence France Presse | | Posted 04.09.2013 | World

Police have arrested a man in rural Nepal after he allegedly killed his 22-year-old pregnant wife by stuffing her into a hay bale and setting it aligh...

An Enlightening Business Opportunity

Anya Cherneff | Posted 04.02.2013 | Impact
Anya Cherneff

Did you know just how many people around the world live in the dark, with no access to the electric power grid? How about that another 1 billion people suffer from power cuts that last up to 18-hours per day in countries like Nepal?

PHOTOS: Your Asia Bucket List

Conde Nast Traveler | Posted 04.02.2013 | Travel
Conde Nast Traveler

We've rounded up a bucket list of things to do, eat, see, shop for, and experience in the wide world of Asia.

Drupchen's Body Is a Litmus Test for Nepal

Tenzin Dorjee | Posted 05.15.2013 | World
Tenzin Dorjee

Over the last decade, amid China's growing hegemony in Asia, Nepal has turned from a sanctuary to a nightmare for Tibetan refugees. This tragedy is embodied in the way the Nepalese government has so far responded to Drupchen Tsering's self-immolation.

Pot Laws Relaxed For Festival

Reuters | Gopal Sharma | Posted 05.11.2013 | Weird News

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Ringed by an endless stream of pilgrims at an ancient temple in Kathmandu, Hindu holy man Mahant ...

Can You Use Facebook? You've Got a Job in Kathmandu on the New Cloud Factory

Kyle Knight | Posted 05.05.2013 | Business
Kyle Knight

Can you use Facebook? Then you can work for CloudFactory Ltd., a company located half a world away in Kathmandu that may soon find itself in the unlikely role of one of Nepal's biggest private employers.

Nepalese Police Accused Of Arresting Men For Having Long Hair

Agence France Presse | | Posted 05.05.2013 | World

Police in Nepal denied on Tuesday they had been targeting men with long hair as part of a drive against "hooliganism" in the capital that has seen mor...

Breaking The World's Highest Glass Ceiling

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 05.04.2013 | World

KATMANDU, Nepal — It's the world's highest glass ceiling. Of the 3,755 climbers who have scaled Mount Everest, more than half are Nepalese but o...

Bim, The Boy From Beit Chabad

Baila Olidort | Posted 04.22.2013 | Religion
Baila Olidort

Bim arrived at the Chabad House last year, naked but for a plastic bag that he used for some cover. One of hundreds of children exploited for profit on Kathmandu's dangerous streets, he fixed his eyes on a rabbinical student, and asked for help. He wouldn't leave until the student brought him back to Chabad.

Self-Immolation Protests Reach New Milestone

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 02.14.2013 | World

KATMANDU, Nepal -- A Tibetan man who set himself on fire in Nepal's capital in the latest in a string of self-immolations protesting China's rule over...

One Man's Crusade for 'Room to Read' for Children Without Books

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 04.12.2013 | Impact
Gail Vida Hamburg

"Perhaps, Sir, you will someday come back with books." The words were uttered in 1998 by the headmaster of a grade school in Bahundanda, Nepal -- that had a library, but no books -- to John Wood, a stressed out American senior executive at Microsoft, who was trekking the area's famed Annapurna Circuit.

Catherine "Kitty" Houghton and The Preciousness of Life

Laurence Leamer | Posted 04.08.2013 | Women
Laurence Leamer

I can see her strapping on her Kelty pack and with that knowing smile that never seemed to leave her lips, heading off to face whatever life and fate would bring her. And so she did last week.

The Conservation Crisis Is a Spiritual Crisis

Eric Dinerstein | Posted 04.01.2013 | Green
Eric Dinerstein

Compassion alone will not do the trick. Economic incentives for conservation, superb science, and improved governance for everything from a climate change treaty to enforcement of anti-poaching laws are critical parts of the solution.

Qatar Launches Into 2022 World Cup on Backs of Abused Migrants

Michelle Chen | Posted 03.30.2013 | World
Michelle Chen

Labor activists say the fierce imbalance between the elite and the laboring underclass in Qatar is headed for catastrophe as the country prepares to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Nepal To Issue 'Third Gender' IDs

AP | Posted 01.23.2013 | World

KATMANDU, Nepal -- An official says Nepal's government will begin issuing citizenship certificates with the category "third gender" for people who do ...

Hottest Travel Destinations Of 2013

Travel + Leisure | Posted 03.07.2013 | Travel
Travel + Leisure

The world is still vast, and even as you check iconic places off your bucket list, there's a craving to set sail for the new, the next, the undiscovered. To determine which destinations like Bahia Ballena are coming up on the radar, T+L asked safari experts and art dealers, cutting-edge chefs and even branding agencies where they're seeing a new neighborhood emerge or wineries getting more acclaim.

A Lesson About Less

Ree Varcoe | Posted 02.26.2013 | Healthy Living
Ree Varcoe

Life doesn't always work out just as we'd like, but I believe it does happen according to "some plan," whether grand or otherwise. The one thing we can do is remind ourselves to consciously work toward making it the best we can -- and let go of the little things that don't actually matter.

Epic Photos of the Everest Base Camp Trek

HUMANITY.TV | Posted 02.15.2013 | Travel
HUMANITY.TV

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