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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Nepal National.com http://www.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 09:36:33 -0400 Fri, 16 May 2008 09:36:33 -0400 30 China's Sichuan Province has suffered a severe aftershock which has triggered created fresh damage to buildings and severe landslides. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360121/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:35:39 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360121/cs/1/ The run-off election for president has been announced by Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360122/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:37:31 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360122/cs/1/ At least eight people, most of them policemen, were killed and over 90 injured when a suicide bomber rammed into a police van in the busy heart of the Sri Lankan capital at midday on Friday. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360058/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:59:21 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360058/cs/1/ In his latest audio message, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has vowed that Palestine will never be relinquished "as long as one true Muslim remains on earth." http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360120/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:32:18 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360120/cs/1/ A US military court in the Japanese island of Okinawa has sentenced a 38-year-old US marine to four years in prison after he was found guilty of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Japanese girl. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360119/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:30:26 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360119/cs/1/ The top aid official in the European Union, Louis Michel, has urged the military junta in Myanmar to open up an airbase and provide visas for foreign aid workers. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359853/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:55:02 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359853/cs/1/ Iran and a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency have finished their three-day talks here without resolving allegations that Iran is pursuing secret weapons studies. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360057/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:53:59 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360057/cs/1/ Arab League mediators say a peace deal has been reached between the Lebanese government and the Hezbollah-led opposition. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359852/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:18:41 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359852/cs/1/ Harare/Zimbabwe's presidential run-off election between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will take place June 27, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission head George Chiweshe said Friday. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360125/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:07 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360125/cs/1/ After a long dispute, Microsoft has agreed to offer Windows for the computers of 'One Laptop Per Child' (OLPC) educational project for children in developing nations. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360123/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:02 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360123/cs/1/ United Arab Emirates (UAE) will sign an agreement with the US to boost cooperation in the education sector, WAM news agency reported. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360115/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:00:20 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360115/cs/1/ Seven police personnel and two civilians were killed and some 95 wounded when a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a police bus in the heart of the busy Sri Lankan capital at midday Friday. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360113/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:00:18 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360113/cs/1/ The prestigious Asia Society has started work on its Texas centre's new headquarters in Houston. Projected to cost $40 million, it will be completed by 2010. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360102/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:00:11 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360102/cs/1/ Yingxiu Township (China), May 16 (Xinhua) With China still reeling under the deadly earthquake that is feared to have killed more than 50,000 people, severity of the catastrophe is slowly surfacing in Wenchuan - the epicentre of the quake. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360092/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:00:04 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360092/cs/1/ Indian duo Jeev Milkha Singh and S.S.P. Chowrasia had brilliant starts to their European campaign as they both had bogey-free rounds on the first day of the Irish Open golf tournament. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360086/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:50 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360086/cs/1/ Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, whose supporters are awaiting his return to his troubled country after more than a month's absence, was thousands of miles away in Northern Ireland Friday. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360069/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:20 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360069/cs/1/ The Red Cross launched an emergency appeal Friday for $50.8 million for Myanmar following Cyclone Nargis. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360067/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:17 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360067/cs/1/ Kabul, May 16 (Xinhua) At least five Taliban militants were killed and six injured Friday in a gunfight with the police in southern Afghan province of Zabul, officials said Friday. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360065/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:15 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360065/cs/1/ Arjun Atwal continuing his bid for full playing rights on the US PGA Tour next year, shot a fine three-under 69 in the first round of the BMW Charity Pro-Am on the Nationwide Tour in the US. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360034/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:26 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360034/cs/1/ Geneva, May 16 (Xinhua) Future generations will face hunger, thirst, disease and disaster if people carry on trashing the environment, the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) has warned. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360032/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:24 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360032/cs/1/ Cricket Australia (CA) is contemplating its own version of Indian Premier League (IPL) within two years after the inaugural Twenty20 tournament has become a mega-hit in the country. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360030/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:22 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360030/cs/1/ United Nations, May 16 (Xinhua) The world economic growth will drop steeply to 1.8 percent this year, from 3.8 percent in 2007, the UN said in a mid-year economic report. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360028/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:21 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360028/cs/1/ British construction and maintenance giant John Laing is to open its first India office in order to beef up its presence in Asia. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360026/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:19 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360026/cs/1/ Revenues of IT companies have been growing at a healthy rate but US-based firms witnessed higher revenue growth than their Indian counterparts. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360021/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:15 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360021/cs/1/ Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) China's Ministry of Finance Friday set aside another 1.17 billion yuan ($167 million) for disaster relief work in the wake of Monday's massive earthquake in the country. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360015/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:12 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360015/cs/1/ The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and its ally Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are embroiled in a fresh row - this time over journalist-businessman Salmaan Taseer who has been named the governor of Punjab province. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360012/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:10 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360012/cs/1/ Incoming International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat said that the sanctity of Test cricket would remain, despite the frenzied grab for Twenty20 dollars, it was reported by the media here Friday. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360010/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:08 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360010/cs/1/ The price for crude oil produced by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) climbed 18 cents Thursday, OPEC said Friday. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360001/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:45 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360001/cs/1/ Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) A moderate aftershock measuring 5.69 on the Richter scale jolted the Lixian County in China's quake-hit south-western Sichuan Province Friday, the seismological bureau reported. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360000/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:44 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/360000/cs/1/ Three wives of a Malaysian odd job worker appeared in a court to bless his fourth wedding. His first wife Wan Rukiah said: 'Go ahead, I have no problems'. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359999/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:43 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359999/cs/1/ Actress Karen Allen is hoping her role in the fourth 'Indiana Jones' movie will fetch her a new life partner, but she has reconciled to the fact that she might live alone for the rest of her life.. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359998/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:42 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359998/cs/1/ Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has released a biography of an Indian origin policeman who fought the communist insurgency during the British colonial era. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359997/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:40 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359997/cs/1/ A powerful bomb, apparently triggered by a suicide bomber, exploded in the heart of Colombo during rush hour Friday morning, killing and wounding an unspecified number of people. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359996/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:33 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359996/cs/1/ Rafael Nadal spoiled the birthday of Andy Murray to reach the quarterfinals of the Hamburg Masters along with the other top stars Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359995/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:31 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359995/cs/1/ Tbilisi, May 16 (RIA Novosti) Georgia's foreign minister has said that the country would regard any increase in Russian peacekeepers in the breakaway republic of South Ossetia as encroachment on national sovereignty. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359993/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:29 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359993/cs/1/ India has condoled the death of Sheikh Sa'ad AI-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, father of the amir of Kuwait. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359992/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:28 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359992/cs/1/ Bogota, May 16 (Xinhua) Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has urged the country's largest leftist guerrilla group to free former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages in its captivity ahead of an European Union-Latin American summit in Peru. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359990/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:24 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359990/cs/1/ At least six policemen and a civilian were killed when a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle rammed into a police bus in the heart of the Sri Lankan capital, officials said. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359989/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:23 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359989/cs/1/ Rocker Elton John confirmed that he will perform at the former South African president Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations here and it has raised speculations that hip hop star Eminem will join him on stage. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359988/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:21 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359988/cs/1/ Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke has confirmed his availability for the West Indies cricket tour, but he will miss the first Test starting next week, it was reported by the media here Friday. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359983/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:16 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359983/cs/1/ An improved fuel cell, developed by MIT engineers, not only delivers 50 percent greater output, but is also substantially cheaper than older counterparts. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359981/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:15 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359981/cs/1/ Enraged residents blocked roads and began anti-Maoist demonstrations in Kathmandu's busy Koteshwor area Friday after allegations by a woman that her husband was abducted and killed by former guerrilla soldiers in a camp in south Nepal that is under the supervision of the UN. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359978/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:12 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359978/cs/1/ Manmohan Singh arrived in Bhutan on a two-day visit Friday, the first trip by an Indian prime minister after the Himalayan nation became the youngest democracy in South Asia. He was received by his Bhutanese counterpart Jigne Thinley at the airport. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359963/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:29 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359963/cs/1/ The Perak state headquarters in Ipoh of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) led by Malaysian Indian lawmaker Karpal Singh was attacked by two people with Molotov cocktails in what media reports termed an attempt to burn down the building. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359961/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:27 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359961/cs/1/ Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has ordered the local authorities to investigate the reasons why school buildings collapsed in Monday's earthquake, an official said. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359958/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:24 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359958/cs/1/ Socialite Paris Hilton was shocked recently when very few photographers waited for her at the Dorchester Hotel in London. Most of them went to see the launch of Victoria Beckham's denim range at Harrods. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359954/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:21 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359954/cs/1/ Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) There had been no minor quakes in the area around the epicentre of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in China's southwestern province of Sichuan May 12, the provincial seismological bureau said Friday. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359952/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:20 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359952/cs/1/ The US band Backstreet Boys performed in London recently with just four members. Kevin Richardson was missing, but the show brought back that old 90s boy band hysteria. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359950/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:17 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359950/cs/1/ Inter Milan's Brazilian striker Adriano, currently on loan at Sao Paulo, is set to return to the Brazilian national squad following a severe slump in his form and a subsequent recovery. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359946/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:14 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359946/cs/1/ Portugal midfielder Deco has announced his intention to leave troubled Spanish giants Barcelona. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359942/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:12 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359942/cs/1/ Troubled pop star Britney Spears has fuelled speculation she is pregnant again, after sneaking into a clinic for a health check up. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359938/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:09 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359938/cs/1/ Infants who experience temporary separation from one or both parents during divorce, illness or violence are likely to face difficulties in learning at school. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359932/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:04 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359932/cs/1/ A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against a dozen former ministers, some of whom it declared absconding, in a corruption case filed against former prime minister Khaleda Zia and her associates. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359911/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:32 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359911/cs/1/ Washington, May 16 (Xinhua) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359909/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:30 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359909/cs/1/ The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 19 Indian fishermen on charges of poaching in Sri Lanka's territorial waters. The authorities here suspect the fishermen have also 'smuggled in something' for the Tamil Tigers, a military spokesperson said. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359907/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:28 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359907/cs/1/ China has approached Australian companies to team up for a billion-dollar share raid on giant miner BHP Billiton, news reports said Friday. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359900/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:22 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359900/cs/1/ Latest research indicates that global warming could have another unwanted spin-off - it may spur the formation of kidney stones. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359899/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:19 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359899/cs/1/ Washington, May 16 (Xinhua) The American Red Cross (ARC) has donated $10 million for disaster relief work in China's earthquake-hit southwestern province of Sichuan, the organisation said. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359889/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:08 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359889/cs/1/ Human activity is responsible for a lot of the nitrogen finding its way into the sea from the atmosphere and influencing the nitrogen cycle, according to the latest findings by an international team of scientists. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359880/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:42 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359880/cs/1/ Canada has joined India, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands in making the morning-after pill freely available over the counter. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359879/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:41 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359879/cs/1/ Works by Indian artists Subodh Gupta, Anish Kapoor, T.V. Santosh, Chintan Upadhyay, Riyas Komu, Raqib Shaw and Bose Krishnamachari attracted high prices at Sotheby's spring series of contemporary art auctions here, exceeding expectations with the total sale amounting to $1,748,500. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359877/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:36 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359877/cs/1/ The World Bank has approved a $600 million credit to support to India's Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a nationwide centrally sponsored programme designed to provide education to all children aged 6 to 14. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359876/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:34 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359876/cs/1/ The media in India ought to impose a pretty long moratorium on Amitabh Bachchan interviews. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359873/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:27 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359873/cs/1/ An Indian American has taken over as president of the American Society of Geriatric Cardiology, becoming the first Asian to head the 22-year-old organisation based in Washington DC. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359872/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:25 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359872/cs/1/ A French nuclear power export consortium has made its case for Vietnam to turn to France for the two nuclear power plants it plans to build in the next decade as firms from five countries gathered at a nuclear power trade fair in Hanoi to promote their wares. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359870/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:20 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359870/cs/1/ Canadian country music and pop diva Shania Twain has ended her 14-year marriage to her music-producer husband Robert Mutt Lange. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359868/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:16 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359868/cs/1/ Bad things can happen to good data. Hard drives can crash. Memory cards can be formatted accidentally. CDs or DVDs on which important files are stored can become scratched and unreadable. But there are steps you can take to try to retrieve damaged data. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359867/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:12 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359867/cs/1/ In the world of Indiana Jones, things may have been tough, but at least they were simple. The good guys were good, and the bad guys were so bad that you didn't even need to use criminal profiling to uncover them. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359864/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:06 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359864/cs/1/ Strikes by union groups upset by Greek government privatisation plans and pension reforms disrupted air transport, bank and state services Thursday. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359860/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:16 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359860/cs/1/ The US House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday calling for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by the end of 2009, while rejecting a spending measure of $163 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359858/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:11 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359858/cs/1/ Abuja, May 16 (dpa) A petroleum products pipeline explosion and fire left at least 100 people dead in a residential area of Nigeria's business capital in the southwest Lagos Thursday. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359842/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 15:00:05 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359842/cs/1/ Iran and a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) finished their three-day talks here without reaching any new results, Iran's envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog told ISNA news agency Thursday. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359835/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:11 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359835/cs/1/ Guiyang (China), May 15 (Xinhua) At least 29 people were killed and 14 others injured when a farm truck plunged into a river in the south-western province of Guizhou Thursday, the police said. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359833/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:08 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359833/cs/1/ Manjula Sood, an Indian-born councillor, Thursday made history by becoming the first Indian woman to be made a Lord Mayor in Britain - appropriately, in a city dubbed Little India. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359820/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:00:22 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359820/cs/1/ The Californian Supreme Court in the United States has overturned a ban on gay marriage. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359850/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:09:29 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359850/cs/1/ President Bush's request for Iraq war funding has collapsed with anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about his request for US$163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359849/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:07:03 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359849/cs/1/ Republican John McCain has declared he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359848/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:05:35 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359848/cs/1/ Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying three Iranian embassy staff in Baghdad overnight, wounding them and their Iraqi driver. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359854/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:59:24 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359854/cs/1/ A woman has been charged for her role in an internet hoax that ended with a 13-year-old girl committing suicide after being shunned by a non-existent chatline contact. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359847/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:03:38 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359847/cs/1/ Israel has warned it is prepared to retaliate with an assault on Gaza, after a rocket attack wounded at least 14 people while US President George Bush was in Israel. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359846/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:14:01 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359846/cs/1/ South Korea has said it is ready to hold talks with North Korea on sending food aid to its impoverished neighbour as the United Nations and aid agency warned North Korea is facing famine. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359844/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:10:31 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359844/cs/1/ Billionaire investor Carl Icahn officially launched a proxy fight to oust the Yahoo board in a bid to revive Microsoft's spurned deal for the Internet powerhouse. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359902/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:25 -0400 Nepal National.com http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/359902/cs/1/ It found the proportion of music fans regularly paying for downloads fell from 16% in 2006 to 14% by the end of 2007.The study showed 28% had paid to download music at least once but that only 22% con... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870097/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:51:43 -0400 Sky News http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870097/ The world's first zero-emissions sports car - powered by the equivalent of almost 7,000 mobile phone batteries - is going on sale in Europe after taking the US by storm. http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870096/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:51:42 -0400 Sky News http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870096/ Authorities in France, Germany and the Netherlands detain 10 people Probe linked to suspected financing of Islamic militants in Uzbekistan Suspects detained Friday in Mulhouse in the east of France an... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14869976/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:25:43 -0400 CNN http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14869976/ Khar: Pakistani authorities on Friday found the body of a paramilitary soldier beheaded by Taliban insurgents in a tribal area where a suspected US missile strike left 12 people dead, an official said... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870266/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:17:56 -0400 Gulf News http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870266/ Children's bags lie in the foreground as a rescue worker carries a body bag near a wrecked school building in Hanwang, Sichuan province. Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty A strong aftershock near t... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14868047/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:31:41 -0400 The Guardian http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14868047/ Sources: Ten people killed, 90 wounded after explosion in Sri Lankan capital Three-wheel scooter taxi loaded with explosives rammed a police riot squad vehicle Most victims were riot squad members on ... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14869977/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:25:44 -0400 CNN http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14869977/ Ellen DeGeneres announces on TV show she plans to wed girlfriend Portia de Rossi California Supreme Court ruled Thursday to overturn ban on same-sex marriages Ruling means same-sex couples could tie t... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14868955/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:26:00 -0400 CNN http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14868955/ Wave of bloodshed swept across central and western Kenya after a Dec. 27 election Kenyan Red Cross: More than 1,000 people were killed and 350,000 displaced Fear of more violence keeps many Kenyans fr... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14869974/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:25:39 -0400 CNN http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14869974/ Colombo: At least ten people were killed and more than 90 people were hurt in a suicide bomb attack in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Friday, the defence ministry and hospital authorities said.Doctors... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870268/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:17:48 -0400 Gulf News http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870268/ New York: New York's largest mosque, the Islamic Cultural Center (ICC) on East 96th Street in Manhattan, is getting applause from an unexpected quarter - the city's influential Jewish community. Rabbi... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870272/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:17:46 -0400 Gulf News http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870272/ A 75-year-old Japanese man who has created the world's smallest helicopter intends to fly it over the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci, in a tribute to the Renaissance inventor.Gennai Yanagisawa, who r... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870070/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:31:46 -0400 The Guardian http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870070/ Tokyo: A US court martial sentenced a Marine to four years in prison on Friday for sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl on the southern island of Okinawa, in a case that has sparked widespread public an... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870270/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:17:53 -0400 Gulf News http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870270/ Bangalore: Maoist rebels have shot and killed two men in southern India, hours before the second phase of polling began in a state election, police said on Friday. The Maoists, who say they are fighti... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870274/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:17:45 -0400 Gulf News http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870274/ Nine remaining cult members abandon their underground cave Two dead bodies recovered from hideout where Russians awaiting end of world Claims that one woman died from cancer, another from fasting in c... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14869975/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:25:41 -0400 CNN http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14869975/ Dhaka: Bangladesh said on Friday that militant group Harakat-ul-Jihad al Islami (HuJI), which Indian police suspect could be involved in bombings this week in Jaipur, had been marginalised following a... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870271/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:17:49 -0400 Gulf News http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870271/ guardian.co.uk on Friday May 16 2008. 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President Hugo Chávez faced serious allegations over Venezuela's links to Colombian guerrillas after an investigatio... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14868435/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:31:49 -0400 The Guardian http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14868435/ Oslo: Ground staff at six Norwegian airports began an indefinite strike over pay on Friday, stranding up to 20,000 passengers before Norway's biggest holiday weekend, civil aviation authority Avinor s... http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870264/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:17:51 -0400 Gulf News http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870264/ The US president, George Bush, suggests offers to negotiate with America's enemies in the Middle East are comparable to appeasement of Hitler, in a speech to the Israeli Knesset http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870069/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:31:36 -0400 The Guardian http://story.nepalnational.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14870069/