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  • Nepal India to discuss cross-border crime

    Nepal and India have decided to discuss cross-border crime to curb this menace on the 1,700-km border shared by the two countries, an official said here Sunday. "A secretary-level meeting is scheduled for June first week. Exact date will be fixed soon. Cross-border crime will be a key feature of the meeting," Nepal's Home Ministry spokesperson Shankar Koirala told Xinhua. In the meeting, Home ...

  • Indo-Nepal Army Mountaineering Expedition Team climb Mount Everest

    The Joint Indo-Nepal Army Mountaineering Expedition Team successfully climbed Mount Everest. According to the Nepal Army Directorate of Information, the first team of the Joint expedition reached the world's highest peak at nine local time this morning. From the Indian army five, including Major R. M Jamwal , Mingmamagar Gurung, Sudhir Singh, Chhatar Singh and Sukvir, have reached the summit. ...

  • ANAs 31st will be different from past conventions Maharjan

    Samir Maharjan is the coordinator of the 31st Convention of the Association of Nepalese in America. Based in New York, he has been involved in Nepali jewellery business. Nepalnews' Rajendra Pokhrel talked to Maharjan about ANA and ts preparations for its 31st convention, which is to take place in Westchester, New York from July 4-6. How would you describe ANA? Could you give short history ...

  • Students to bring light to Nepali village

    Four UNL students and a partner living in Nepalplanned and raised money to install a hydroelectric generator in the Nepali village of ...

  • NC leader says parties involved in hefty preparations for November polls

    NC leader says parties involved in hefty preparations for November polls A senior leader of Nepali Congress has assured that the much-awaited election to the Constituent Assembly (CA) will be held within November this year. Krishna Sitaula, who is general secretary of Nepali Congress, informed that the four major parties have focused all their attention towards making necessary preparations ...

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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV) [DVD]

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV) [DVD]

In 1962, director Roberto Rossellini, who had left an indelible mark on the movies by pioneering Italian neorealism with his end-of-the-war docudrama Rome, Open City (1945), abandoned the cinema. This is not to say, however, that he stopped making movies. ... ...

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  • Nepal organises Sales Mission in South East Asia

    Nepal organises Sales Mission in South East Asia Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) in association with Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) and the Nepal Association of Tour Operators (NATO) organised a Sales Mission in four major cities of South East Asia, namely Bangkok, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Yangon from 14th to 17th May, 2013. The Sales Mission to South East Asia started on 14th May, in Bangkok, ...

  • Istanbul-Kathmandu direct flights from September

    Istanbul-Kathmandu direct flights from September Turkish Airlines, one of the leading European airlines, is set to start direct flights to Kathmandu from Istanbul from September 1. According to the airlines, it will operate four flights a week – Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in Istanbul-Kathmandu route. The airlines will use A330-200 aircraft for the service in the route. Nepal ...

  • 13000 undocumented Nepali workers apply for exit permits

    13,000 undocumented Nepali workers apply for exit permits Around 13,000 Nepalis have filed applications at the Nepali mission in Saudi Arabia seeking exit permits in accordance with a recent Saudi announcement to grant amnesty to illegal workers. The news comes just three months after Saudi Labour Minister Adel Fakeih announced a plan to allow undocumented foreign workers to leave Saudi Arabia ...

  • Nepal Army soldier killed in action in Lebanon

    Nepal Army soldier killed in action in Lebanon The Army said on Sunday that a Nepali soldier working for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was killed on Thursday, May 16. The body of Sargent Deepak Thama, who died while fulfilling his duty, was brought to Nepal earlier on Sunday, said the army's Directorate of Public Relations. Established in 1978, UNIFIL is tasked ...

  • 64 climbers including first ever Saudi Arabian woman scale Mount Everest from Nepal

    This handout picture taken by Miura Dolphins on May 16, 2013 shows 80-year-old Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura (R), accompanied by his son Gota (L), leaving Base Camp to begin his ascent of Mount Everest in Nepal. Miura is trying to get back a Guinness World Record that he first held in 2003 when he became the oldest man to climb ...

  • China ‘crushing’ Tibetan dissident groups in Nepal

    Nepal a hub for their anti-China activities, Beijing appears to have taken to squeezing the Himalayan nation on the issue by using its development initiatives there as a counter-pressure tactic. China, which already boasts of a wide involvement in Nepal that covers all critical areas including defence, infrastructure building and cultural activities, is now focusing on taking up development ...

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