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Nepalese watchmaker Ang Namgel Sherpa chooses a tool at the Kobold watch workshop in Kathmandu on April 25, 2012. In a modern, airy workshop located in a fashionable Kathmandu shopping hub frequented by Nepal's rich and famous, two skilled craftsmen assemble some of the world's most exclusive luxury watches. For Namgel and Thundu Sherpa, the sedate, intricate world of precision watchmaking is about as far removed as possible from their previous lives as Himalayan guides working in deeply hostile, often life-threatening conditions.
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The United Nations, which has closely supported the peace-making and reform process in Nepal over many years, shares the deep regret felt by the Nepali people at this time
I was in Nepal, and I met a group of Tibetans that had just come over the Himalayas that were heading to Dharamsala to hopefully meet the Dalai Lama and fleeing from the oppression they were facing and from that firsthand exposure, I started getting interested in it
Amnesty for these crimes would also contradict well-established Nepal Supreme Court jurisprudence and the government's own public commitments at the UN Human Rights Council.More quotes »
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Nepal's leaders attempt agreement before deadline
-- Leaders of Nepal's main political parties are meeting in a last-minute attempt to agree on a new constitution before a midnight deadline.The four main parties are attempting to resolve differences over whether the states proposed in the constitution should Read more »
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Everest will be crowded again days after 4 killed
Song Won-bin died on their descents from the summit, apparently from exhaustion and altitude sickness.Shrestha also said a Nepalese Sherpa guide who had been reported missing reached the base camp safely on Monday. Shrestha said Tuesday the guide was separated Read more »
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Plane with 21 crashes in Nepal; 8 survive
nearby city of Pokhara for treatment.Police official Nareswor Aryal the plane carried two pilots and a flight attendant -- all Nepalese -- along with 16 Indians and two Westerners. Aryal couldn't immediately say where the Westerners are from.The airport is Read more »
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Sherpa on Everest expedition dies in Nepal
-- A government official in Nepal says that a Sherpa who was guiding a group of climbers on an Everest expedition has fallen into a crevasse and died.Tilak Pandey of the Ministry of Tourism and Mountaineering says that Namgyal Tshering Sherpa died on Saturday. Read more »
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Nepal's army takes control of ex-rebel fighters
-- Nepalese soldiers arrived Wednesday at camps where thousands of former communist rebels have lived for more than five years as the ex-fighters prepared to join the army in a key step in the nation's peace process.The government's chief monitor for the former Read more »
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Out of Four Indians One Suffers: Gallup Poll
their lives worse than most inhabitants in other parts of Asia with almost one in four Indians suffering, third highest after Nepal and Afghanistan, states new poll. Including India (24 percent), at least one in five residents in Nepal (31 percent), Afghanistan 5:19 AM from Medindia Health News Read more »
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NEA reduces load-shedding by 8 hours a week
June 1: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has reduced load-shedding by 8 hours a week from the existing 56 hours effective from Friday. NEA decided to this effect due to rise in water level and effective control of leakage of electricity. . Please give your 5:03 AM from Republica Read more »
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The waste land: stories from a Mumbai slum
spangly blue haze by the sewage lake – the reflected neon signage of a luxury hotel across the water. Abdul didn’t mind if the Nepali boy saw him go into hiding. This kid, Adarsh, was no spy for the police. He just liked to stay out late, to avoid his mother 4:22 AM from The Telegraph Read more »
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"Carbon trade rate should be increased"
trading, its status, and how the money is being utilized, and the hurdles that need to be crossed in Nepal. Excerpts: How is Nepal earning money from carbon trading? Let me first briefly sum up the background to carbon trading. In 1992, the United Nations 4:02 AM from Republica Read more »
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Peaceful freedom fighter
Her mother, Khin Kyi, became an active figure in the newly independent nation, eventually winning ambassadorial posts in India and Nepal. Suu Kyi followed her mother to India and continued her education in New Delhi, which culminated in a degree in politics 3:36 AM from CNN Read more »
