Nepal News archive for 25 January 2010
To a Tapestry’s Warp and Weft, Add Vision and Craft - New York Times (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
It is always instructive when artists translate their work from one form into another, especially if the end result is the mad, magical, labor-intensive domain of tapestry. While astoundingly flexible and able to represent the finest details, the …
REFILING: 6TH LD: Japan ready to have SDF join Haiti U.N. peacekeeping … - Big Hollywood (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
The Japanese government decided Monday to send the Self-Defense Forces to join a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti to provide humanitarian and reconstruction aid following the devastating earthquake on Jan. 12. The decision, made at a …
Greater Mekong Tiger Numbers Have Dropped More Than 70 Percent in 10 … - Earthtimes (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
Washington, DC (Vocus) January 25, 2010 — Tiger numbers have fallen by more than 70 percent in slightly more than a decade in the Greater Mekong , with the region’s five countries containing only 350 tigers, according to a new World Wildlife Fund …
GUS: Distractions - DAILY KOS (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
GUS (Gave Up Smoking) is a community support diary for Kossacks in the midst of quitting smoking. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive distractions are appreciated. If you are quitting or thinking of quitting, please — join us! You can …
Finish Line and Soles4Souls team to provide shoes for Haitians - Signal (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
… Haiti, Kenya, Nepal and the United States. Soles4Souls is a 501(c)(3) recognized by the IRS and donating parties are eligible for tax advantages. About Finish Line The Finish Line, Inc. is a premium athletic footwear store and one of the nation …
Scientists back UN climate panel, but call for changes - France 24 (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman Rajendra Pachauri speaks at the United Nations in New York in 2009. The IPCC has come under intense fire in recent weeks over errors uncovered in its 2007 report, the scientific touchstone …
News: Swans, Earl Wild, Peanut Butter, Haiti, Betty White, Nepal - Towleroad (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
Read transcripts of the federal Prop 8 trial HERE . Man found dead on gay cruise in the Cayman Islands . “Nutty” fan at UGA-Tennessee game figures out a way he can get on the court without anyone touching him . This ad has triggered my deepest fears …
Stages of hygiene monitoring: an operational experience from Nepal - IRC (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
Hygiene promotion is fundamental for the successful impact of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions. To maximize the health benefits and produce evidence of the reduction of WASH associated diseases, an effective monitoring system …
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Nepal arrests Indian policemen (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
“Seven Indian policemen posted in Uttar Pradesh of India have been arrested for entering Nepal with arms, without taking permission from us,” said Buddhi Bahadur Khadka, chief district officer of Kanchanpur.
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.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
On Nepal-India Border Issue (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
Out of the 1808-km Nepal-India border, various rivers traverse 650 km and many border pillars have been washed away. But those pillars that are close to human settlements are found to have been removed by the Indian peasants, often in collusion with the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), the Indian paramilitary force deployed at the border.
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