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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. ...

  • WWF Nepal celebrates 20 years of conservation partnerships

    WWF Nepal celebrates 20 years of conservation partnerships WWF Nepal celebrated its 20 years of office (1993-2013) by recognising partnerships, from the national to the grassroots level, that helped shape Nepal’s conservation landscape. At a special ceremony organized to mark this day in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park in Nepal’s Terai Arc Landscape on Sunday, more than 70 ...

  • 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 ...

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Red Desert (Il deserto rosso) [DVD]

Red Desert (Il deserto rosso) [DVD]

In an article Michelangelo Antonioni wrote in the late 1940s, he imagined a fictional situation in which an Italian director (obviously his stand-in) approached the Hollywood mogul Samuel Goldwyn about making a color film that doesnt have fixed colors. So you see, Mr. Goldwyn, Antonioni wro ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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