Middle-ranking Nepali Congress leaders hold secret meeting
While Nepali Congress (NC) President and former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has adopted silence over the appointment of his daughter Ms. Sua...
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Engaging The World: How One Woman Said 'I Do' To Change
Subhash Ghimire | Posted 10.14.2009 | Impact
At 34 years old, many women would be trying to get an engagement ring, not give one away. But when Christina Ammon inherited a 3.21 ct diamond ring fr...
New Jersey 20-Year-Old Builds Orphanage in Nepal
Jim Luce | Posted 10.08.2009 | World
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Maggie Doyne is your typical girl from New Jersey. She happens to live in Nepal caring for 27 orphans - in an orphanage she built ...
Bronx News Roundup, September 29
Bronx News Network | Bronx News Network | Posted 11.29.2009 | Home
Refugees from Bhutan have come to find a new home in the Bronx. Although many Bhutanese refugees are scattered throughout the Bronx, a large populatio...
This Week In Animals: A Chimp Raises Cubs, RIP Tweet The Giraffe, A Journeying Cat And More! (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green
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What a great week in animals! The HuffPost Green page posted adorable videos, beautiful photos, and some more serious animal news pieces. Be sure to v...
Nepal Hit By Severe Goat Shortage
BBC NEWS | Posted 11.15.2009 | World
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The authorities in Nepal have ordered officials to find more goats for ritual slaughter ahead of the country's biggest religious festival of the year....
Nepal: Taking On The Challenge Of Climate Change
GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 10.17.2009 | Home
Climate change is a hot topic in Nepal now as studies show that many people in the country are facing hunger due to frequent droughts and melting gla...
Feeling Overweight? Congratulations!
Kiri Westby | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
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Wouldn't it be great if we looked at each others' spare-tires as signs of abundance and joy and, along the same vein, recognize that our friends who appear too thin may actually need extra moral support?
Nepal Offers To Pay Men Who Marry Widows
The New Zealand Herald | Andrew Buncombe | Posted 09.11.2009 | World
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DELHI - Women protesters marched through the streets of Kathmandu in their hundreds after the Government announced a "humiliating" scheme to offer fin...
Over 350 Species Found In Himalayas In Past Decade
AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 09.10.2009 | Green
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KATMANDU, Nepal — The world's smallest deer, a flying frog and catfish that stick to rocks – as well as more than 350 other species &ndash...
Nepal Tibetan Refugee Crackdown Strengthened At China's Behest
Reuters | Posted 08.28.2009 | World
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Nepal, under increasing pressure from China, was cracking down on Tibetan refugees despite centuries of shared culture with Tibet, the International C...
World In Photos: July 27, 2009 (SLIDESHOW)
Huffington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | World
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Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...
Actress Joanna Lumley, Who Got Gurkas Rights, Visits Nepal
AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment
KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal's prime minister on Monday thanked "Absolutely Fabulous" actress Joanna Lumley for her outspoken campaign to give thousa...
Nepal's Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Concrete and Chemical Fertilizer
Laurence Leamer | Posted 08.26.2009 | World
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I am traveling around Nepal with a group of leaders from eastern Nepal who are exploring what has happened to their country in the name of development.
Return to Shangri-La
Laurence Leamer | Posted 08.19.2009 | World
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God left Kathmandu long ago, and I know this journey of mine will be far different from what I had anticipated.
If Pigs Could Fly: Traveling in a Time of Swine Flu
Sandip Roy | Posted 07.12.2009 | World
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All US-bound passengers were handed a little gift bag. I thought it had the usual toothbrush, toothpaste and socks. Instead we got 1 disposable thermometer, 2 surgical masks and 3 wipes.
Nepal Mob Beats, Strips And Parades Woman Around
Huffington Post | Posted 06.29.2009 | World
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Reports emerged this week of a heinous act of mob savagery in Kathmandu, Nepal, that occurred last week against a lone woman. According to the Times ...
The Future Was California
Sandip Roy | Posted 06.27.2009 | World
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The pot of gold is shifting to the other end of the rainbow. A small conservative country like Nepal is considering same-sex marriage.
Madhav Kumar Nepal, Communist Leader, Elected Nepal's New PM
AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 06.23.2009 | World
KATMANDU, Nepal — Lawmakers elected a communist party leader as Nepal's new prime minister on Saturday in a move aimed at ending weeks of politi...
Nepal Maoist Parliament Blockade Ends; New Government To Form
TNN | Posted 06.22.2009 | World
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As Dr Manmohan Singh was being sworn in as India's new prime minister in New Delhi, in Kathmandu, it was finally curtains for Nepali Prime Minister Pu...
Super Sherpa Breaks Own Mount Everest Record With 19th Climb
BBC | Posted 06.21.2009 | World
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A Nepalese man - who has been nicknamed Super Sherpa - has broken his own world record, climbing Mount Everest for the 19th time....
Gurkhas Win Right To Settle In UK
BBC | Posted 06.21.2009 | World
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All Gurkha veterans who retired before 1997 with at least four years' service will be allowed to settle in the UK, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has sai...
Nepal's English Talk Show Powertalks A Growing Political Forum (VIDEO)
Subhash Ghimire | Posted 06.11.2009 | World
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At a time when Nepal, a tiny Himalayan Republic, is engulfed by political hiccups and economic ruins, Santosh Shah, a 28-year old youth activist and t...
Nepalese Prime Minister Resigns, Country Plunges Deeper Into Political Crisis
Subhash Ghimire | Posted 06.10.2009 | World
A month long Maoists-army standoff came to an end on Monday when the Nepalese government fired army general Rookmangud Katuwal. Prime Minister Pushpa ...
Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 06.08.2009 | World
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The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : AfPak War and Understanding Facts: Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani officially announced a military offens...
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