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Nepal

Type: Country

Name: Nepal

population: 24,947,200

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 12 Documents

Ram Baran Yadav

Bardot seeks freeze on mass animal sacrifice in Nepal

KATHMANDU: Famed Hollywood star-turned international animal rights activist, Brigitte Bardot, has asked President Ram Baran Yadav to outlaw next week's 'inhumane' mass animal sacrifice, but the appeal is having little effect on the Nepalese authoriti ... [Times of India - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Brigitte Bardot, Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, Kathmandu, Interference

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Politics)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF)

UNICEF marks double celebration in Nepal

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponUnited Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) celebrated Friday as a day of double celebration as it celebrated 40 years of ... [People's Daily Online - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Nepal, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF), United Nations, Ram Baran Yadav

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Diplomats 'concerned' over Nepal's stalled peace process

Kathmandu: As the Maoists threatened to launch their next phase of an agitation to dislodge the Nepal government, international envoys here were "increasingly concerned" with the slow progress in the country's peace process that ended the decade-long ... [DNA India - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Nepal, Maoist, Peace Process, Rukmangad Katawal

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 Documents

Nepal's ex-king gets first passport

Nepal's former king has been given his first passport aged 63, a year-and-a-half after stepping down from the throne, the government said Friday.Nepal's foreign ministry said it had issued a diplomatic passport to Gyanendra Shah, who left the royal palace ... [France24 - culture - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Nepal, Madan Kumar Bhattarai

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 Documents

Nepal to Hold Mass Animal Sacrifice Festival

KATMANDU, Nepal -- A Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers said Friday.The Gadhimai festival, celebrated every five years, is attended ... [NewsMax.com - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Nepal, Organic, Bihar (India), India

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

LinkedIn Corp

World Day Against Child Abuse being observed in Nepal

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponThe World Day Against Child Abuse has been observed in Nepal on Thursday with various awareness creating programs organized across the country ... [People's Daily Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Nepal, Child Abuse, Kathmandu, LinkedIn Corp

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Nepal-India water resources meeting begins in Nepal

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponThe fifth secretary level Nepal-India meeting on water resources is going to be started in western Nepali city Pokhara from Friday.Western Regional ... [People's Daily Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Nepal, Irrigation, Pokhara (Nepal), Disaster Control

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

UN concerned over political stalemate in Nepal

As the political deadlock continues in Nepal, a top UN official on Thursday said that the peace process has reached a complex turning point, appealing all the parties to cooperate to meet its logical end.Karen Landgren, UN chief's representative to the ... [Hindustan Times - 11/20/2009]

Entities: United Nations, Nepal, Maoist, Peace Process

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

India beefs up security on its Nepal, Bangladesh borders

Naxalbari/ Siliguri, November 19 (ANI): India has stepped security along the 'chicken neck area', a narrow strip of land in West Bengal state wedged between Nepal and Bangladesh, to keep a check on smuggling of arms. The Shasastra Seema Bal (SSB), which ... [Yahoo! India - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Nepal, Bangladesh, India

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)

Poor sanitation kills 10,500 Nepalese kids annually

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponAround 10,500 children below five years of age are dying annually of diseases caused by inadequate access to sanitation, a local newspaper reported ... [People's Daily Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Sanitation, Nepal, National Planning Commission, LinkedIn Corp

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)

CALL FOR EVEREST TO BE PUT ON UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE DANGER LIST DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

with pictures added Environmental campaigners call on UNESCO to put Everest National Park on Danger List because of climate change. Environmental campaigners and lawyers are today calling on UNESCO to place Everest National Park (Sagarmatha National Park) ... [Everest News - 17 hours ago]

Entities: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cul..., Global Warming/Climate Change, Nepal, Chris Bonington, Friends of the Earth

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents

Good to meet you: Brenda Larkin

A reader tells of her love of G2, Suduoku and cost-saving tips in Money as well as a project involving young deaf NepalisMy husband and I have been reading the Guardian for years. On weekdays I start with G2 – I'm addicted to the Sudoku puzzle. He always ... [Guardian.co.uk - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Nepal, Sudoku, Recycling

Quotes

A three-pronged strategy to curb Maoists was suggested by Congress leader Ajit Jogi on Saturday. "Socio-economic development, maintenance of law and order and initiation of dialogue can control Maoists ... If Maoists in Nepal can come to the mainstream why not in India?"

Three-pronged strategy required to control Maoists: Ajit Jogi [Indian Express - 2 hours ago]

"This is a vital time in Nepal to re-invigorate the debate and identify the actions needed to respond to population issues and women's empowerment in the face of climate change. We hope the report will contribute to the debate" local newspaper The Kathmandu Post cited Ian McFarlane, UNFPA Representative in Nepal Ian McFarlane as saying

UNFPA Nepal Calls For Women's Empowerment In Climate Change [Bernama - 8 hours ago]

"The CRC, whose 20th anniversary we celebrate today, can be our guide to build a peaceful , just and prosperous future for Nepal's children" he said

UNICEF marks double celebration in Nepal [People's Daily Online - 8 hours ago]

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Daredevil lawyer's Himalayan quest [Business 7 - 6 hours ago]
Veteran climber dies in Himalayas [Sunday Tribune Ireland - 7 hours ago]
Seventy-eight Tibetans granted residency, 56 de... [Taipei Times Online - 7 hours ago]
(Universal Children's Day) Feature: Nepal's wor... [Individual.com - 7 hours ago]
India Should Aim $ 300 Bln. Export Target by 20... [ASSOCHAM - 8 hours ago]
UNFPA Nepal Calls For Women's Empowerment In Cl... [Bernama - 8 hours ago]
UNICEF marks double celebration in Nepal [People's Daily Online - 8 hours ago]
United States Issues Travel Advisory On Nepal [RTTNews.com - 9 hours ago]
Indo-Nepal water talks begin [United News of India - 10 hours ago]
Nepalese PM meets President, Dahal to end Parli... [United News of India - 10 hours ago]
Good to meet you: Brenda Larkin [Guardian.co.uk - 12 hours ago]
Drukair back on track [South Asian Media - 13 hours ago]
Two held in currency racket [The Hindu - 13 hours ago]
Safeguarding children in New Nepal [Nepali Times - 14 hours ago]
United States issues travel advisory on Nepal [DDI News - 14 hours ago]
Auto sector momentum may slow as stimulus packa... [DNA India - 14 hours ago]
Gyanendra gets passport [Calcutta Telegraph - 15 hours ago]
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves [Express Buzz - 15 hours ago]
Fugitive Buddhist Monk Pleads Guilty, Goes Free... [Orange County Weekly - 15 hours ago]
Can GPS technology save the Snow Leopard? [NZ PC World - 15 hours ago]
Lessons from India [Nepali Times - 16 hours ago]
Top executives quit cushy jobs to reach for the... [Economictimes - 16 hours ago]
Sunil Duggal, CEO, Dabur India [Economictimes - 16 hours ago]
Executives in slump turn businessmen in boom time [Economictimes - 16 hours ago]
‘Urban growth is staging a revival’ [Economictimes - 16 hours ago]

Blogs

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Obama's Failure to Understand Indian Distrust o... [IntelliBriefs - 11/20/2009] by B. Ramanhttp://www.southasiaanalysis.org ... The failure of President Barack Obama to understand the distrust of China in large sections of ...
The Big Picture [IntelliBriefs - 11/20/2009] http://www.indiandefencereview.com/20 ... Bharat Verma Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 200 9New Delhi cannot afford to sit around while others plot ...
OBAMA'S FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND INDIAN DISTRUST O... [IntelliBriefs - 11/19/2009] B.RAMANThe failure of President Barack Obama to understand the distrust of China in large sections of the Indian civil society has landed the US in a situation in ...
Bhutan: Shangri-La or Ethnic Cleanser? [Global Voices Online - 11/17/2009] A few years ago when the Fourth King of Bhutan voluntarily stepped down to make way for democracy, there was a spate of articles in the media about Bhutan. Almost ...
Kyle Cassidy: The Youth Climate Movement's Glob... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/17/2009] In March 2009 twenty-two-year-old college student Shadia Wood stood in front of a white board, sketching ideas for a project she believes may one day ...

Audio/Video

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Nepal Maoists in standoff with government - 18 ... [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/18/2009]
Witness - From Bullets to Ballots 2 - Part 1 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/16/2009]
Witness - From Bullets to Ballots 2 - Part 2 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/16/2009]
Mass protest in Nepal [Reuters - YouTube - 11/13/2009]
Mass protest in Nepal [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/13/2009]

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