Nepal News archive for 24 January 2010

UN climate panel reviewing natural disasters claim: report – France 24 (January 24, 2010) – [read more]
A night view of the Mount Everest range seen from Shyangboche, some 140 km (87 miles) northeast of Kathmandu, in 2009. The UN climate panel is re-examining its claim that global warming is linked to worsening natural disasters after doubts were …

Post-war Sri Lankan Presidential Elections – Islam Online (January 24, 2010) – [read more]
Members of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), rally in support of Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo, November 24, 2009. (Reuters Photo) On Tuesday, January 26, the people of Sri Lanka will elect a new president for the …

Terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba ‘planning paraglider attacks’ in … – Times Online (January 24, 2010) – [read more]
Indian intelligence officials suspect that the terrorist group behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks is planning another audacious strike on the country — this time from the air, using suicide bombers flying paragliders. U. K. Bansal, an Indian Home …

Nepal targets gay tourism niche – Fiji Times (January 24, 2010) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, AFP — Nepal will play host to a royal wedding with a difference when an openly gay Indian prince marries his partner at a Hindu temple in Kathmandu. The ceremony is the start of what Nepalese lawmaker Sunil Babu Pant hopes will become a …

Rumour of firing leads to stampede – Tribune (January 24, 2010) – [read more]
People who had gathered from far of places to listen to Punjabi pop singer Babbu Mann got panicky after a rumour of his personal security guard firing shots in the air spread like a wild fire during a concert organised at Guru Nanak Stadium here …

The new volunteer program where the poor work in Britain – Women.timesonline (January 24, 2010) – [read more]
I was surprised to see problems like early pregnancy and people suffering from mental illnesses,” says Richa Koirala, 20, who came from Kathmandu a year ago … Koirala says that she believes life is better in Nepal, where families and communities …

Leaders pay homage to Basu at huge memorial meeting – New Kerala (January 24, 2010) – [read more]
Leaders of West Bengal’s ruling Left Front, the Congress as also representatives of communist and fraternal parties from Nepal and Bangladesh recalled Basu’s contribution to parliamentary democracy and in struggles of the workers, peasants and the …

Boiseans’ 2010 resolution includes rickshaw adventures in Asia – Idaho Statesman (January 24, 2010) – [read more]
He was born in Bangkok, the son of a Peace Corps volunteer from Illinois (dad) and a British Volunteer from England (mom); his parents met in Nepal. He grew up all over, including Dhaka, Bangladesh, Chicago and Boise. Deppert’s dad is a fisheries …

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Nepal gay wedding in bid for pink dollar (January 24, 2010) – [read more]

Nepal will play host to a royal wedding with a difference when an openly gay Indian prince marries his partner at a Hindu temple in Kathmandu.

14-province model bad for Nepal: Sujata (January 23, 2010) – [read more]

BIRATNAGAR: Deputy-Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala on Friday said that the 14-province model will put the country in trouble.

UNSC extends UNMIN term by nearly four months (January 22, 2010) – [read more]

The UN Security Council last night has voted to extend the United Nations Mission in Nepal term by nearly four months amid heightened tensions in NepalA ahead of the framing of a new constitution.

Travel agency seeks gay, lesbian holidaymakers (January 22, 2010) – [read more]

Homosexuals hankering after a wedding on elephant back or on top of the world can head to Nepal, where a travel agency has been set up to cater to their holiday, and celebratory, needs.

Everest set for a spring clean (January 22, 2010) – [read more]

Great view from the top … but Everest is also home to at least two uncollected dead bodies and various forms of rubbish.

Terror alert at Indian airports after hijack threat (January 22, 2010) – [read more]

The alert to India’s civil aviation ministry warned that flights of state-run Air India and other private carriers could be targeted by groups aligned to Al-Qaeda or the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba rebel group.

Nepal claims victory over leprosy (January 21, 2010) – [read more]

A patient is examined by a volunteer from the Bombay Leprosy Project in Mumbai, India on May 15, 2009 in a file photo.

‘HR an important agenda of US foreign policy’ (January 21, 2010) – [read more]

” It remains the US top agenda. That was the main theme of my meetings [with political leaders and officials],” Moon said during a press conference at the end of this visit to Nepal.

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Jaipur Literature Festival 2010 (January 24, 2010) – [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
“How was it?” asked my friend Deepak when he knew from me that I was back in Delhi from attending two days of Jaipur Literature Festival.
Here’s what I replied: It was good. Very few books were to be seen as it wasn’t a book festival but literature. Writers talked about not [...]