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Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:52 AM PST

15 Chinese children killed in school bus accident
ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: A school bus taking primary students home slipped off a country road into an irrigation ditch in eastern China, killing 15 children and highlighting continuing safety ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:52 AM PST

Tyra Banks takes off to Bali to get over split
AGENCIES LONDON: Tyra Banks has gone on a 'spiritual trip' to Bali after breaking up with her boyfriend, reported the Daily Mail on Tuesday. The America's Next Top Model host has ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:52 AM PST

NC leader KC discourages leaders from PM aspirations
RSS NEPALGUNJ: Nepali Congress leader Arjun Narsingh KC has said that it was not appropriate to eye the post of prime minister by the top leaders of different political parties at a time of ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:52 AM PST

Two reported missing in Rajbiraj
RSS RAJBIRAJ: A student who had left home for a coaching class has gone missing from yesterday in Rajbiraj of Saptari district. The family source said the 13-year-old Kundan Seth, the son of ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:52 AM PST

Teachers union buys building with school fund
RSS SAPTARI: Nepal Teachers' Union has purchased a building for the organisation in Saptari district by transferring Rs. 1.8 million budget allocated for the extensive educational programme in ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:52 AM PST

Former FM Pandey surrenders Scorpio
RSS KATHMANDU: Former minister for finance and leader of the CPN (UML), Surendra Pandey on Tuesday returned the vehicle of the Ministry of Finance. Pandey was using a Scorpio Jeep of the ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:51 AM PST

Dragon Tatto series pave path to stardom for Rapace
In this film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Noomi Rapace, left, and Robert Downey Jr. are shown in a scene from "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:51 AM PST

Scott crowned Aussie golfer of the year
ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: Adam Scott's commanding win at the Bridgestone International has earned him the Australian Golf Digest player of the year award, ahead of Jason Day. Scott led from ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:51 AM PST

Absence of registrars‚ rectors hitting varsities
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Vice-chancellors of universities today said delay in the appointment of rectors and registrars has affected smooth functioning of the educational institutions. ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:51 AM PST

Putin faces new presidency challenge from NJ Nets owner
Mikhail Prokhorov, one of Russia's richest tycoons and New Jersey Nets basketball team owner, speaks at a press conference in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, as he announces his ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:51 AM PST

Japan closing in on US F-35 fighter deal
FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2011 file photo released by the U.S. Navy, a variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35C, conducts a test flight over the Chesapeake Bay. Japanese media said Tuesday, ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:51 AM PST

Nepal gov't mulls VAT waiver on oil imports
The Nepal government is preparing to waive off value added tax (VAT) on petroleum imports. Minister for Commerce and Supplies Lekh Raj Bhatta said the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and Finance ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:51 AM PST

Chinese premiere "unilaterally postpones" Nepal visit
DHARAMSHALA, December 13: Chinese Premier Wen Jaibao has postponed his much anticipated visit to Nepal sine die at the eleventh according to latest reports coming out of Nepal.Nepali Deputy Prime ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 02:33 AM PST

Protect Nepalese migrants from 'false promises' of work abroad
Rogue Nepalese recruitment agencies are trafficking Nepalese for exploitation and forced labour in the Gulf States and Malaysia, Amnesty International said today in a new report, as it called on the ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 02:33 AM PST

Cattle die of unknown disease in Nuwakot
RSS NUWAKOT: Farmers have been worried after an unknown disease killed cattle in Chauthe and Kumari VDCs of Nuwakot district. Around 30 cattle in Biruwatar, Dandagau, Phalamechaur of Kumari and ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 02:33 AM PST

One killed‚ 34 injured in Bhadrapur bus mishap
RSS BHADRAPUR: At least one person died and 34 others were injured when a passenger-ferrying bus overturned in Biring rivulet located in between Ghailadubba and Surunga along the East-West Highway ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 02:33 AM PST

War nearly over‚ Obama says Iraq won't stand alone
President Barack Obama and Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pause after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 02:32 AM PST

Tansen jeep mishap death toll reaches four
RSS TANSEN: The death roll has reached four in the jeep mishap that took place at Gwadi of Gulmi district on Sunday. With the demise of Lali Chhetri (68) of Galkot-3, Baglung in course of the ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 02:32 AM PST

Nepal launches social networking site sangaalo.com
Sangaalo.com helps to keep up with friends living across the globe, besides online services such as finding friends, sharing views and thoughts, business exchange like buy and ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 02:32 AM PST

Cricket captures public's heart in Nepal
Kathmandu , which has no seating and an unofficial capacity of 8,000, saw daily crowds of 10,000, with many fans perched on walls and the roofs of cars to watch the action. Only a few years ago, ...

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 02:32 AM PST

Nepal's Maoists reveal wartime scars
SHAKTIKHOR CANTONMENT, Nepal (AFP) - As Man Bahadur Chhetri contemplates life away from the squalid camp in which he has languished with hundreds of comrades for five years, his thoughts turn to the ...