Nepal News archive for 02 June 2010

2 climbers missing on Mount St. Helens found safe – The Sun News (June 2, 2010) – [read more]
Cho Oyu straddles the Nepal-China border. Nepal prohibits people under the age of 16 from climbing high mountain peaks, but there is no such restriction in China. Romero scaled the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) Mount Everest last weekend from the …

A miracle for Cataract patience in South Asia – GroundReport (June 2, 2010) – [read more]
Establish in the year 1994, the Ophthalmology is spread in 135,000 square feet in Gaushala, Kathmandu. TIO is a nonprofit, community based, non-government organization following the vision and mission of the Nepal Eye Program. With an aim to act as a …

Message in a Body, by Joseph Anfuso, Foreward by Kevin … – Examiner (June 2, 2010) – [read more]
After traveling abroad to London, then to Nepal and India, he learned about Eastern philosophies and religions but found few answers. However, Anfuso saw and experienced much that conflicted with his own identity and culture, from seeing young girls …

GUS: Bingo Night 2 – Electric Boogaloo – DAILY KOS (June 2, 2010) – [read more]
whose quitting experiences are comparatively speedy and trouble-free. 1BQ, 3rdGenFeminist, Abra Crabcakeya, addisnana, AfroPonix, aishmael, Alpha99, ambeeeant, American in Kathmandu, amk for obama, andsarahtoo, Anne933, anodnhajo, aoeu, aquarius2001 …

Why do so many women go on volunteer vacations? – CNN (June 2, 2010) – [read more]
In November 2008, Bedford traveled to Nepal and spent a month working at Kathmandu’s Naxal orphanage. “It’s an incredibly fulfilling experience,” Bedford told CNN. “There’s an emotional involvement and connection that you will never have when you …

Healthcare blues persist in the poor Missisippi Delta … – Chicago Tribune (June 2, 2010) – [read more]
The clinic has a staff of 32, including four more nuns and a physician from Nepal who has been here three years. Brooks and her team see all who come. On a recent morning, she quizzed a young woman with pain in her wrist about her smoking habits …

Types of Rat Snakes Kept as a Pet – Examiner (June 2, 2010) – [read more]
Trinket Rat Snake The Trinket rat snake is found in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and grows to a length of three to six feet long. Twins Spotted Rat Snake The Twins Spotted rat snake is found throughout numerous provinces of China and grows …

Entrepreneur Marks Everest Climb With Gift – Wall Street Journal (June 2, 2010) – [read more]
The donation will support the Hospital and Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children in Kathmandu, Nepal, which specializes in orthopedic surgery for children in rural areas with congenital deformities, clubbed feet, burns and metabolic bone …

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LIC helps dalit girl (June 2, 2010) – [read more]

LICs head office directed the Mahendranagar branch to clear her dues after reading news about her in Republica and Nagarik dailies on Tuesday, according to the Mahendranagar branch head Padam Rana.

Why women ‘volunteer’ their vacations (June 2, 2010) – [read more]

As a volunteer you’re allowed access to places and experiences you never would as a tourist.

Butlera s inheritance: Uneducated, poor boy in Nepal becomes NYC multimillionaire (June 2, 2010) – [read more]

Indra Tamang was a teenage farmer in a Nepalese village without running water or electricity.

Nepal minister forces Mumbai temple marriage to end: Report (June 2, 2010) – [read more]

Under growing public fire for conferring state honours on controversial security personnel, Nepal’s coalition government Wednesday caused fresh outrage when the official media reported that a minister had fuelled caste discrimination by forcibly separating a couple from different communities.

Death toll from wild mushroom in Chitwan reaches six (June 2, 2010) – [read more]

The number of people killed after consuming wild mushroom in Lothar VDC of eastern Nepal has reached six after the death of three more persons, Tuesday.

Nepal Maoists warns of serious consequence if PM refuses to step down (June 1, 2010) – [read more]

Kathmandu, June 1 : UCPN Vice-Chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai on Tuesday said there will be serious consequences if Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal doesn’t resign by Wednesday as agreed.

Utah Sherpa vows to protect Everest after 20th ascent (June 1, 2010) – [read more]

Ten days ago, Apa Sherpa made his 20th trip to the top of Mount Everest, breaking even his own world record.

Three parties must reach consensus for PM’s resignation: Minister Pokharel (June 1, 2010) – [read more]

Minister for Communication and Information Shanker Pokharel in an interaction programme in Kathmandu on the role of the media on ‘Universalization of the Convention on Cluster Munitions’, Tuesday, 01 June 2010.

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Talking About Revolution #Nepal (May 23, 2010) – [read more]
On the Maoist, French restaurateur of Kathmandu and Nepali leaders in Delhi By Dinesh Wagle News reports from Meghalaya are disheartening. Nepali migrant workers and Nepali-speaking Indians are being chased away from their homes and workplaces (coal mines) by the Khasis who are in a majority in the North-Eastern Indian state. Some Nepalis have been [...]

Politics of Religion and Conversion (May 16, 2010) – [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle A conference of Nepali and Indian ultra-Hindu rightists in Mumbai last week has decided to launch “a coordinated campaign to re-establish Nepal as a Hindu state”. Kamal Thapa, who sees his future in religion-based politics, participated. Thapa said the conference expressed concern over sinister plans being carried out in Nepal to wipe [...]