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  • Five missing over 50 houses swept away in western Nepal

    At least five people were missing and 65 families rendered homeless after floods and landslides, triggered by incessant rainfall over three days, hit the remote far western part of Nepal, officials said Monday. Normal life was hit in some districts of the region after the swollen Mahakali river (known as Sharda in India) inundated homes, as well as sweeping away habitations and government ...

  • Danger of Everest begins at tiny Nepal airstrip

    Mount Everest . At an altitude of 2,843 meters (9,325 feet), the small airstrip here has earned a reputation as one of the most extreme and dangerous airports in the world. The single runway is narrow, short and sloped. Miss the runway by a few meters (or feet) and the plane would hit a mountain. "After you cross the river there is no turning back, you have to land," said Pramod ...

  • Nepals airport to Everest is 1 of the worlds most extreme and dangerous

    LUKLA, Nepal -- As soon as the decades-old Twin Otter landed at Lukla airport, passengers burst out in applause. They do that for nearly every safe landing at the often terrifying airport at the gateway to Mount Everest. At an altitude of 2,843 meters (9,325 feet), the small airstrip here has earned a reputation as one of the most extreme and dangerous airports in the world. The single runway ...

  • 42 poll-opposed parties bring Nepal to a halt

    A general strike called by the 42 political parties in Nepal including the CPN-Maoist and the Sanghiya Samajwadi Party-Nepal threw normal life out of gear across the country including capital Kathmandu. The agitating parties enforced the nationwide strike against the announcement of the date for the Constituent Assembly election. The government on Thursday announced November 19 as the date for ...

  • China and Japan pledge support to Nepalese polls

    China and Japan have welcomed the announcement of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election date, and pledged support to the polls. A statement issued by the Chinese Embassy said that as a friendly neighbour, China supported the constitution-making process in Nepal and hoped that the Constituent Assembly election will be held in a smooth way. The Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu also welcomed ...

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Drunken Angel (Yoidore tenshi) [DVD]

Drunken Angel (Yoidore tenshi) [DVD]

If for no other reason, Akira Kurosawa's Drunken Angel (Yoidore tenshi) is a landmark film because it marked the director's first collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune, who would go on to star in 15 more of Kurosawa's films over the next two decades. Kurosawa immediate ... ...

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  • Nepals president to seek medical treatment in Japan

    KATHMANDU : Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav will fly to Japan later on Monday for medical treatment after he was diagnosed with intestinal problems, a spokesman ...

  • Kathmandu boss back at work

    RETAILER Kathmandu's chief executive is back at work after two-and-a-half months off to recover from a severe infection. Peter Halkett was granted extended leave from his role in early April due to an infection he suffered after undergoing a routine medical procedure in late March. He had now recovered and had returned to work, resuming full duties, Kathmandu said in a statement on ...

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