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  • Nepal’s Tibetan Refugees Struggle Under China’s Shadow

    KATHMANDU -- Tibetan refugees in Nepal say they face increasing restrictions from Nepalese authorities due to pressure from China. VOA correspondent Aru Pande talks to Tibetans who, for decades, have made the Himalayan country their home. Dolma Lama learned to weave Tibetan carpets from her mother - who fled Tibet and settled in Kathmandu after a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese ...

  • Five climbers feared dead in Nepal

    Five climbers who went missing earlier this week on Mount Kanchenjunga in Nepal are feared dead, officials say. Expedition organiser Mingma Sherpa said that the five went missing possibly after an avalanche on Monday. Tourism ministry officials say it happened as they descending from the summit of the 8,586m high mountain. Mr Sherpa said those feared dead were from South Korea, Hungary and ...

  • Politics churns in Nepals southern plains

    As the Nepalese political parties deliberate on holding new Constituent Assembly (CA) elections, a whole lot of political churning is taking place in Madhes, the southern plains of Nepal. While efforts are underway from some quarters to form a single party or at least an electoral alliance, some Madhesi leaders are resorting to 'pressure tactics' in order to establish themselves as a ...

  • 05242013 1735 NEPAL - CHINA Chinas rising transportation costs block trade with Nepal

    Marking the feast of Mary Help of Christians, Day of Prayer for China, Francis speaks of the "grace" to "bear and overcome external and internal oppression with patience and love. "Praying for your enemies, for those who make us suffer" is not easy. "But we are" defeated Christians "if we do not forgive our enemies and if we do not pray for ...

  • Everest at 60 the Brits who got there first

    The first to reach the summit; the first to climb without oxygen; the first to climb 10 times; the first woman. On the 60th anniversary of Edward Hillary - a New Zealander - conquering Everest, Mick Conefrey meets the British climbers who ...

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Steven Soderbergh is a tough director to put your finger on. He exploded onto the scene in 1989 with the indie groundbreaker "sex, lies, and videotape," and his career since then has been a journey of stylistic experimentation across numerous genres. In 1998, he made a bold move toward the mainstream with the uniformly excellent "Out of Sight," in which he energized what could have been a routine ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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