Nepal News archive for 13 December 2009
Multiple aircrafts join search for Mt. Hood climbers - Oregonian (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
RANDY RASMUSSEN/THE OREGONIAN A military helicopter heads to a search area on the other side of the formation pictured, Hawkin’s Cliff. Rescue crews opted for the chopper search when the threat of an avalanche made ground searches unsafe. GOVERNMENT …
Aircraft join search for 2 climbers in Ore. - Miami Herald (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
Authorities concerned about avalanches on Oregon’s Mount Hood were preparing Sunday to use a helicopter to search for two missing climbers who had been heading up an especially treacherous face of the mountain. Rescuers decided not to head out on …
Valley Stars - Inside Bay Area (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
Amanda Schmitz of Boston University, in Boston, has broken three individual school records in women’s swimming. The sophomore set records in the 500 free, breaking a 21-year old school-record, in the 400 IM and in the 200 fly. Amanda is the daughter …
Journalist Brutally Assaulted In Nepal - Scoop (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the brutal attack on a female journalist and office holder at the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in Rukum District, western Nepal, on December 8. Local Rajdheni reporter and FNJ …
Vt. group spreads joy of reading to kids - Boston Globe (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
FAIRFAX, Vt.— Weeks before Christmas, Duncan McDougall sweeps into a rural Vermont day care facility, dropping off a stack of shiny new children’s books. But he really gets the attention of the 2- and 3-year-olds when he reads two stories to them …
More Indian Groups Seek Statehood - Wall Street Journal (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
Gorkhas are an ethnic group that spans parts of Nepal and northeastern India. Mr. Pradhan says the separate state would recognize the Indian and Nepali Gorkhas who have been otherwise neglected. So far, the Indian government has been trying to …
It’s a weird, wild, wonderful world - Global Nation (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
PARIS—Here are the weird, wild and wonderful stories from 2009. Anti-graft officials in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu found a way to literally stop airport workers from pocketing bribes. They issued them with pocketless trousers. A Norwegian man …
Hyderabad, December 13 - Tribune (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
Six out of the top 10 companies added over Rs 24,000 crore to their market capitalisation last week with Bharti Airtel alone contributing one-third of the gain. However, the country’s most valued firm, Reliance Industries, saw its market …
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Nepal Army Continues to Protect Accused Murderer in Maina Sunuwar Case (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
The Nepal Army did not hand over army Major Niranjan Basnet, one of the accused in the murder of Maina Sunuwar, to Kavre Distric Police/Court today as promised.
Nepal, China for friendship exchange (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: With the purpose of promoting friendship exchanges, Nepal and China have agreed to boost up friendly exchange programs in people-to-people level.
UN special representative to visit Nepal (December 12, 2009) - [read more]
Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, will visit Nepal on Dec.
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.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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. [...]
Nepal News archive for 13 December 2009
Multiple aircrafts join search for Mt. Hood climbers - Oregonian (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
RANDY RASMUSSEN/THE OREGONIAN A military helicopter heads to a search area on the other side of the formation pictured, Hawkin’s Cliff. Rescue crews opted for the chopper search when the threat of an avalanche made ground searches unsafe. GOVERNMENT …
Aircraft join search for 2 climbers in Ore. - Miami Herald (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
Authorities concerned about avalanches on Oregon’s Mount Hood were preparing Sunday to use a helicopter to search for two missing climbers who had been heading up an especially treacherous face of the mountain. Rescuers decided not to head out on …
Valley Stars - Inside Bay Area (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
Amanda Schmitz of Boston University, in Boston, has broken three individual school records in women’s swimming. The sophomore set records in the 500 free, breaking a 21-year old school-record, in the 400 IM and in the 200 fly. Amanda is the daughter …
Journalist Brutally Assaulted In Nepal - Scoop (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the brutal attack on a female journalist and office holder at the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in Rukum District, western Nepal, on December 8. Local Rajdheni reporter and FNJ …
Vt. group spreads joy of reading to kids - Boston Globe (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
FAIRFAX, Vt.— Weeks before Christmas, Duncan McDougall sweeps into a rural Vermont day care facility, dropping off a stack of shiny new children’s books. But he really gets the attention of the 2- and 3-year-olds when he reads two stories to them …
More Indian Groups Seek Statehood - Wall Street Journal (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
Gorkhas are an ethnic group that spans parts of Nepal and northeastern India. Mr. Pradhan says the separate state would recognize the Indian and Nepali Gorkhas who have been otherwise neglected. So far, the Indian government has been trying to …
It’s a weird, wild, wonderful world - Global Nation (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
PARIS—Here are the weird, wild and wonderful stories from 2009. Anti-graft officials in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu found a way to literally stop airport workers from pocketing bribes. They issued them with pocketless trousers. A Norwegian man …
Climber Luke T. Gullberg’s body found on Oregon’s Mount Hood; Two … - New York Daily News (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
The body of climber Luke T. Gullberg, 26, of Des Moines, Wash. was found at about the 9,000-foot level of Oregon’s Mount Hood. Articles Avalanche on Montana mountain kills famed ice climber Guy Lacelle Climber found dead on Nepal peak Spelunker stuck …
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Nepal Army Continues to Protect Accused Murderer in Maina Sunuwar Case (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
The Nepal Army did not hand over army Major Niranjan Basnet, one of the accused in the murder of Maina Sunuwar, to Kavre Distric Police/Court today as promised.
Nepal, China for friendship exchange (December 13, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: With the purpose of promoting friendship exchanges, Nepal and China have agreed to boost up friendly exchange programs in people-to-people level.
UN special representative to visit Nepal (December 12, 2009) - [read more]
Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, will visit Nepal on Dec.
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.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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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