Nepal News archive for 12 December 2009

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Home of the Week: A holiday destination - HometownAnnapolis.com (December 12, 2009) - [read more]
Dashing through the halls, a gorgeous home displayed, o’er yards and yards of fabric, inspired all the way! Designers take the lead, showing how it’s done; funds help local families and you can have some fun. Oh! Christmas House, Christmas House, you …

Nearly 1,000 held after Copenhagen climate rally - Reuters AlertNet (December 12, 2009) - [read more]
COPENHAGEN, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Police detained nearly 1,000 people in Copenhagen on Saturday during mass demonstrations to demand that negotiators at U.N. talks agree a strong treaty to fight global warming. Tens of thousands of people marched …

Copenhagen rally for climate treaty hit by violence - Reuters (December 12, 2009) - [read more]
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of climate activists marched in Copenhagen on Saturday to urge negotiators at U.N. talks to agree a strong treaty to fight global warming but violence marred a rally that began as a carnival. Part of a global …

Pune, December 12 - Tribune (December 12, 2009) - [read more]
Q : I have submitted Form 15G/15H for two separate FDs in SBI and ICICI at the start of current financial year, which I want to withdraw now, as my income has increased recently. But both banks have informed me that Form 15G/15H cannot be withdrawn …

Match chokes traffic at Mohali - Tribune (December 12, 2009) - [read more]
Poor management of traffic during the match between India and Sri Lanka virtually brought the town to a grinding halt today. While senior Punjab Police officials were busy welcoming VVIPs and their families at the PCA Stadium, motorists were caught …

Climate change threatening survival of Himalayan communities: UN - Nation (December 12, 2009) - [read more]
UNITED NATIONS - Climate change is posing a serious threat to communities in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region, bringing both drought and catastrophic floods to hundreds of millions of people, especially in South Asia, according to a new United Nations …

3 climbers reported missing on Oregon’s Mount Hood - Miami Herald (December 12, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks Friday and held a Cabinet meeting amid the frigid, thin air of Mount Everest to highlight the danger global warming poses to glaciers, ahead of next week’s international climate change talks. The …

Kurds fight running battles with Turkish police - Miami Herald (December 12, 2009) - [read more]
Protesters rampage in Nepal after 3 die in clashes Protesters rampage in Nepal after 3 die in clashes Hundreds of protesters torched vehicles and vandalized shops in western Nepal on Saturday after three people died in clashes between police and …

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Nepal unrest blame on Delhi (December 12, 2009) - [read more]

Maoist supporters gather to impose a nationwide strike in Kathmandu on Sunday. Kathmandu, Dec.

Dawa Steven Sherpa: The west must help Nepal, not for aid but for justice (December 11, 2009) - [read more]

In an interview en route to Copenhagen, the WWF climate ambassador said Nepal is not to blame for climate change Himalayan mountaineers will drop down to sea-level in Copenhagen today to bring the dire effects of climate change in Nepal to the world’s attention at the UN climate summit.

Protest over attack on journalists in Nepal (December 11, 2009) - [read more]

The Federation of Nepalese Journalists, the powerful umbrella organisation of journalists in Nepal that had played a leading role in the struggle for democracy during King Gyanendra’s army-backed regime, held rallies in the capital and major towns outside as well as a sit-in before the district administration authorities, urging an end to impunity.

ANLSA claims Rs 11m compensation (December 10, 2009) - [read more]

KATHMANDU: All Nepal Landless Squatters’ Association on Thursday claimed that property worth Rs 11 million was lost during the Dudejhari forest incident in Kailali district.

Woman journalist attacked in Nepal (December 9, 2009) - [read more]

Attacks on a woman journalist and a TV news crew in two separate incidents within five days have again brought into focus the threat posed to journalists in Nepal.

Assaulted journalist Tika Bista air-lifted to Kathmandu (December 9, 2009) - [read more]

Journalist Tika Bista, who was thrashed to unconsciousness by an unidentified persons in Rukum yesterday, has been airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment, Wednesday.

India urged not to resume military supplies to Nepal (December 9, 2009) - [read more]

Tajikistan News.Net Wednesday 9th December, 2009 New Delhi, Dec 9 : The Asian Centre for Human Rights , a Delhi based regional human rights organization on Wednesday expressed deep concern over India’s decision to resume military supply and training to the Nepal Army following the Joint secretary level talks in Kathmandu from December 4. India cut …

NJ girl gives Nepali children a childhood (December 8, 2009) - [read more]

The gap year, that she took after high school hoping to become fully committed to college, built a different kind of commitment in her to a different purpose: giving a childhood to the neediest children of Nepal.

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Will India Allow Nepal-Bangladesh Trade? (November 19, 2009) - [read more]
After agreeing to a rail link between Nepal and Bangladesh, will India allow the two countries to use that?It didn’t happen in 1976 when Bangladesh and Nepal signed a transit agreement for boosting bilateral trade but failed to implemented it as India did not allow its territory to be used for passage at that time. [...]

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