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  • Nepal 5 climbers feared dead on world’s 3rd highest peak

    The five disappeared Monday on Mount Kanchenjunga, and bad weather was preventing a rescue helicopter from reaching the base camp. Mountaineering Department official Dipendra Poudel said Friday the climbers were descending from the summit when they were believed to have slipped at 7,900 meters (25,900 feet) altitude. Two climbers are Hungarian, two are Nepalese and another is Korean. ...

  • Mount Everest Phone Call Illegal Says Nepal Government

    A British man climbing Mount Everest to raise money for UK charity Comic Relief may have fallen afoul of the law by making a video call from the top of the mountain. Daniel Hughes summited on Sunday along with scores of other people. But when he got to the top of Everest he did something quite different from the others: He put on a clown nose - the trademark of the charity's fundraising ...

  • Nepal to participate in Dehradun cricket event

    Nepal to participate in Dehradun cricket event A team of Nepali Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) led by Prithu Baskota is set to participate in the 31st All India Uttarakhand Gold Cup Cricket Tournament scheduled to be held from May 26 to June 2, 2013 in Dehradun. Orbanising a press conference in the capital on Thursday, CAN officials informed that the team includes vice-captain Bhuwan Karki ...

  • Japanese octogenarian becomes oldest to climb Everest

    80-year-old Japanese mountain climber Yuichiro Miura reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday. Miura is the oldest person to ever reach the Mount Everest summit. (May ...

  • Nepal - Maoist party cadres seize copies of newspaper in Nepal

    Freedom Forum is gravely concerned over a recent press freedom violation that occurred in the capital city of Kathmandu.Early in the morning of May 19, 2013, cadres affiliated with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) seized all copies of ...

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Charade [DVD]

Charade [DVD]

Stanley Donens Charade may very well be the best (and funniest) Hitchcock movie Hitchcock never made. I say that with the full knowledge that Donen was never pleased that his thriller-comedy was constantly compared to Hitch, but surely he saw it coming, especially given the inv ... ...

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  • Nepali youth NGO among four to win WB grant for innovative idea

    Nepali youth NGO among four to win WB grant for innovative idea Four innovative youth-oriented organisations from four different countries have been selected winners at the Regional Grant Competition, jointly organised by the World Bank (WB), Microsoft and Sarvodaya-Fusion. YUWA from Nepal, Shilpa Sayura Foundation from Sri Lanka, YPSA from Bangladesh, Live & Learn Environmental Education ...

  • Seven dead in Nepal bus disaster

    A bus traveling in far west Nepal Thursday skidded off a hilly road and fell about 50 feet, killing at least seven people and injuring 41 others, police said. It was not immediately known if there were more passengers in the bus, which was traveling to Darchula district from Mahendranagar near the border with India. Nepalnews.com reported the accident occurred about 6 a.m. The injured were ...

  • Eighty-year-old climber on top of world after reaching Everest summit

    Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer, says he is feeling elated after becoming the oldest person in history to reach the top of Mount ...

  • Nepals oldest climber sponsored by govt to defend his record

    The government of Nepal at its cabinet meeting Thursday decided to provide 1 million rupees ($11, 235.9) to Guinness World Record holder Min Bahadur Sherchan, an official at the prime minister's office said."Today's cabinet meeting decided to provide 1 million rupees to Min Bahadur Sherchan for his attempt to scale Mount Everest to defend his record," Rajendra Pandey, Press ...

  • FM Koirala holds trade talks with Australian Ambassador White

    FM Koirala holds trade talks with Australian Ambassador White Finance Minister Shankar Koirala has urged Australia to help boost trade of Nepali goods in order to mitigate trade deficit. During the meeting with Australian Ambassador to Nepal Glen White here in capital on Wednesday, Koirala asked the Ambassador to help bring Australian investment in Nepal’s potential sectors. Thanking ...

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