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Everest weekend death toll reaches 4

in International - Tue May 22, 2012

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) Climbers have reported seeing another body on Mount Everest, raising the death toll to four for one of the worst days ever on the world\'s highest m

Mount Everest Death Toll at Four with One Missing

in International - Tue May 22, 2012

It was rush hour on Mount Everest this weekend with 150 climbers reaching the summit, including a 73-year-old woman, but the world\'s tallest peak also claimed the lives

India\'s army chief trashes media reports

in International - Thu April 05, 2012

New Delhi: Army chief General V.K. Singh Thursday trashed media reports about a January incident involving the army terming The Indian Express report as "absolut

Nepalese man, 72, declared shortest person ever

in International - Mon February 27, 2012

Kathmandu: A 72-year-old Nepalese man who is about the size of a toddler on Sunday became the world\'s shortest person ever recorded.

A doctor and Guinness Worl

Nepalese confirmed as shortest man

in International - Mon February 27, 2012

A 72-year-old man from a remote valley in south-western Nepal has been confirmed as the world"s shortest man by Guinness World Records officials.

Chandra Bahadur Da

Shortest man is only 54cm tall

in International - Mon February 27, 2012

KATHMANDU: Chandra Bahadur Dangi, a 72-year-old Nepalese, has been officially declared the world"s shortest man after being certified as measu

Nepals vulture restaurants for endangered birds

in International - Thu February 09, 2012

PITHAULI: In the village of Pithauli, surrounded by ripening mustard fields, a woman hauls a cow carcass on a trolley, drops it in an open field, then runs and hides in a ne

Taliban storm British compound ; 10 dead

in International - Sat August 20, 2011

KABUL (Agencies) - Five Taliban attackers laid siege to a British cultural centre in the Afghan capital Friday, killing at least ten people during an hours-long assault on t

Nepal PM quits, triggering new political crisis

in International - Mon August 15, 2011

KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal s prime minister resigned on Sunday, plunging the country into a fresh political crisis with competing parties unable to implement a national peace p

Nepal s parliament survives, but divisions remain

in International - Mon May 30, 2011

Nepal s political leaders narrowly avoided a constitutional crisis on Sunday by agreeing to give parliament a three-month reprieve to complete its work, but they remain deep

Benazir posthumously awarded Service ..

in National - Mon December 13, 2010

ISLAMABAD  : Former prime minister Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was posthumously awarded the Service to Humanity Award by International Conference of Asian Political

Nepalese teen becomes smallest man

in International - Fri October 15, 2010

POKHARA  : A Nepalese teenager whose tiny stature has made him a celebrity in his homeland entered the record books as the world s shortest man on Thursday as he celebr

Gurkhas lose UK pension fight

in International - Thu October 14, 2010

LONDON: Nepalese Gurkha veterans on Wednesday lost the latest round of their legal battle in London with the Ministry of Defence over their British army pensions.

A t

Body of Japanese climber found in Nepal

in International - Thu October 14, 2010

KATHMANDU: The body of a Japanese climber who went missing with his guide and two other climbers on a mountain in Nepal last month has been found, the organiser of the exped

Nasa launches monitoring system in Nepal

in International - Wed October 06, 2010

 KATHMANDU: A new system that will allow scientists to monitor the impact of climate change in the Himalayas using images from Nasa satellites was launched in the Nepal

Israeli doctors, global activists get alternative Nobels

in International - Fri October 01, 2010

STOCKHOLM  : Israeli doctors, Nigerian and Brazilian environmentalists and Nepalese community activists won this year s Rights Livelihood awards, often dubbed the Alter

UN concerned over Nepal s repatriation of Tibetans

in International - Thu July 29, 2010

KATHMANDU: Nepal has forcibly repatriated three Tibetan refugees, the United Nations said on Wednesday, adding it was extremely concerned by the move.    

Helicopters revolutionise mountain rescue in Nepal

in International - Sat July 10, 2010

Sabin Basnyat made history this year when he piloted the highest ever helicopter rescue mission, airlifting three sick and exhausted Spanish climbers to safety from Nepal"s

World s young adventurers stir controversy

in International - Sat June 12, 2010

One climbed Everest at the age of 13. Another sailed around the world solo at 16. The spirit of adventure does not depend on the number of years a person has under their bel

Nepalese leaders meet to thrash out new govt

in International - Mon May 31, 2010

KATHMANDU: Nepal s three main parties held talks on Sunday to try to hammer out a new coalition government after the prime minister agreed to resign to avert a political cri

Nepalese leaders battle to avert political crisis

in International - Sat May 29, 2010

KATHMANDU: Nepal s main party leaders were locked in talks Friday to try and avert a political crisis with parliament s term due to expire at midnight, leaving the country w

Climate change making Everest more dangerous

in International - Wed May 26, 2010

KATHMANDU: Climate change is making Mount Everest more dangerous to climb, a Nepalese Sherpa said in Kathmandu on Tuesday after breaking his own record by making a 20 th asc

Armed guards escort supplies into strike-hit Kathmandu

in International - Thu May 06, 2010

KATHMANDU: Trucks protected by armed guards carried food and fuel supplies into the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, as former rebel Maoists enforced the fourth day

Maoists continue to shut down Nepal

in International - Tue May 04, 2010

KATHMANDU: Opposition Maoists carrying sticks and chanting revolutionary slogans shut down much of Nepal for a second day on Monday, piling pressure on the strained peace pr

US warns citizens against adopting Nepalese children

in International - Sat March 06, 2010

KATHMANDU: The United States has warned its citizens against adopting children in Nepal, saying it has grave concerns about the reliability of that country s adoption system