7 killed in Afghan protests over Quran burning

eKantipur News The Interior Ministry on Wednesday said seven people were killed in clashes between Afghan security forces and protesters .

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US, NKorea to hold first post-Kim Jong Il talks

eKantipur News The U.S. and North Korea reopen nuclear talks Thursday that will provide a glimpse into where Pyongyang’s opaque government is heading after Kim Jong Il’s death

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Pakistan to ask Interpol to help arrest Musharraf

eKantipur News Pakistan is in the final stages of asking Interpol to help arrest former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the murder of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto.

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Nepalese man, 72, claims to be world’s shortest

eKantipur News He has never worked outside the home or seen a doctor, and until Wednesday, he had never left his remote mountain village in western Nepal.

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Bird flu claims third victim this year in Indonesia

eKantipur News Tests on a 19-year-old woman who died last week showed she had contracted the bird flu virus, Indonesia’s third human death from the deadly disease this year.

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Pakistan president behind secret memo to US: witness

eKantipur News A key witness in Pakistan’s “Memogate” scandal Wednesday said he delivered a secret memo seeking American help to avert a feared coup.

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Nepal jails minister in corruption case

eKantipur News Nepal’s highest court on Tuesday jailed a serving government minister for corruption in a first for a nation fighting an ingrained culture of graft.

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Nepal running on empty as energy crisis deepens

eKantipur News Deepesh Aryal and two of his restaurant staff set out in the dead of night and brave this city’s biting wintry chill to meet a carefully-cultivated contact.

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Chicken sales drop on bird flu reports

eKantipur News Reports of bird flu outbreak in various parts of the country have severely hit chicken sales in the Kathmandu valley.

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Automobile prices rise by up to Rs 800,000

eKantipur News Car buyers, here’s something to add to your Monday morning blues: almost all automobile dealers have raised the prices.

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