Wednesday, December 14, 2011

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Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST


China makes growth guarantee against grim global economy
REUTERS BEIJING: China pledged to guarantee growth in the face of an "extremely grim" outlook for the global economy in 2012, as its annual policy-setting conference closed on Wednesday ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST


Excavation reveals original offering at Teotihuacan pyramid
ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY: Archaeologists announced Tuesday that they dug to the very core of Mexico's tallest pyramid and found what may be the original ceremonial offering placed on the ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST


Donald caps stellar year with PGA Tour player of year
ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSONVILLE: Already No. 1 in the world, Luke Donald now is No. 1 in the eyes of PGA Tour players. Donald capped off a sensational season Tuesday by winning PGA Tour player of ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST


South Korea's China embassy window shot amid tension
Flowers are placed in front of the portrait of South Korean coastguard officer Lee Cheong-Ho, ouside the Chinese embassy in Seoul. Ho was stabbed to death by a Chinese fisherman on December 13, ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST


Peaches Geldof under fire for unhealthy diet revelations
AGENCIES LONDON: Skinny Peaches Geldof has been slammed for raving about a dangerous fad diet – eating no solid food for a month at a time, reported British daily The Sun on Wednesday. The ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST


Olympus reveals $1 billion balance sheet hit
Olympus Corp's digital camera is seen through a show window which bears rain drops and reflects lights from traffic at an electronic shop in Tokyo December 6, ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST


Activists place sex-slave statue at Japan embassy
A former South Korean comfort woman Kil Un-ock, right, who was forced to serve for the Japanese Army as a sexual slave during World War II, shouts slogans with other comfort women next to the statue ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST


Greek fashion feels the pain
n this file photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 23 2011, a model presents an outfit by Greek Fashion designer Nektarios Elias Mertios during the Athens Exclusive Designers Week in ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST


Summer floods send crop insurance rates soaring
FILE - In this May 3, 2011, file photo a farm is surrounded by floodwater after the Army Corps of Engineers' blew a two-mile hole into the Birds Point levee in southeast Missouri. Midwestern ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST


PM steers to his home district
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai is all set to visit his home district on Wednesday, where he will be received by locals and party workers. It would be his 4th visit to ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST


Police find woman's body in warehouse of Belgian attacker
Police officers surround a dead body at the Place Saint Lambert square where a man threw explosives in the city center of the Belgian city of Liege December 13, ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST


Man missing since five days
RSS KALAIYA: Lal Bahadur BK,40, a resident of Dhangadi Municipality-8 has been missing since the past six days. BK had reportedly left home to buy medicine on December 9 but did not return home, ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:05 AM PST


Maoists won't split‚" says Baidhya
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: UCPN-Maoist Vice-chairman Mohan Baidhya has alleged on Wednesday that the Maoists won't split despite the ideological struggles endured by the dissenting faction led by ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:05 AM PST


Indian's decapitated body found
THT ONLINE BANKE: A beheaded body of a man has been discovered at Khujurakhud VDC of Banke on Wednesday morning. The deceased has been identified as an Indian national Suresh Mishra. ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:05 AM PST


NC PP to discuss statute‚ state-remake issues Sunday
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party said that it will hold discussion on the issues related to the constitution-in-the-making and state-restructuring at the party's ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:05 AM PST


FLSC calls off strike
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: The meeting between the Government of Nepal and the Federal Limbuwan State Council (FLSC) led by Sanjuhang Palungwa, obliged the latter to call off its general strike from ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:05 AM PST


Nepal PM's success in peace deal belies his failures
Bhatta is regarded as the backbone of Bhattarai's organisational strength in the Far West, while Poudel is helping Bhattarai in making inroads into the party's powerful trade union. ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:22 AM PST


Strike continues; schools‚ shops open
RSS ITAHARI: Daily life in the eastern Nepal is becoming severe with the strike called by Federal Limbuwan State Council, Sanjuhang Palungwa group, entering the fourth day today. The Council has ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:22 AM PST


Sales increase at Sajha publication
RSS BIRATNAGAR: The state-owned Sajha Publications has sold books worth Rs. 40 million so far in the current fiscal year 2011/12. It may be noted that the Publications had failed to reach its ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:21 AM PST


Maternity hospital in offing
RSS BANKE: The Lions Club of Nepalgunj Bageswari has begun construction of a maternity hospital equipped with ultra-modern services. The hospital is under construction at the land provided by ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:21 AM PST


Lawmakers in showdown over payroll tax cuts
REUTERS WASHINGTON: Republican and Democratic lawmakers were locked in an end-of-year fight on Tuesday that threatens a government shutdown, an effective tax hike for 160 million Americans and the ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:21 AM PST


Pakistan talking again to US-led coalition
ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL: Voicing cautious optimism, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan said Tuesday that he's seeing some signs of a possible lifting of Pakistan's communications ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:21 AM PST


Forest security affected due to lack of weapons
RSS JANAKPUR: Forest security efforts have not become effective in Dhanusa reportedly due to lack of weapons with the District Forest Office, thereby leading to a surge in timber smuggling. The ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:21 AM PST


Islamists look to build on success in Egypt polls
An Egyptian man rides a horse-pulled cart past electoral campaign banners for candidates of the Salafist Al-Nur party near the pyramids of Giza, southwest of Cairo. Islamists who swept to victory in ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:21 AM PST


All Black Guildford banned for drunk antics
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE NEW ZEALAND: All Blacks and Canterbury Crusaders' wing Zac Guildford has been barred from the first Super 15 game next year as punishment for his drunken spree in the Cook ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:21 AM PST


Angelina Jolie's Bosnia movie gets Hollywood award
With her unique style and dress sense, Angelina Jolie has become a red carpet fashion maven. Being the daughter of screen legend and Oscar winner Jon Voight, Angie was destined to be in the public ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:21 AM PST


Attack in Belgian city leaves 5 dead‚ 122 wounded
A police officer ushers a woman away from the scene where a man armed with hand grenades and guns opened fire in the crowded city center of Liege, Belgium, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. Some people were ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:21 AM PST


Aussie PM impressed by Obama as a 'good person'
ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA: Australia's prime minister says President Barack Obama impressed her as a "good person" through his acknowledgment of attendants and security staff during ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:21 AM PST


Durban climate deal and Nepal: Financing change
Kathmandu (The Kathmandu Post/ANN) - The latest round of UN Climate change negotiations to create a legally-binding agreement to cut emissions ended in Durban on Sunday with commitment to start work ...

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:21 AM PST


Nepal PM's success in peace deal belies his failures
Kathmandu (The Kathmandu Post/ANN) - Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai's relative success in taking forward the peace and constitution drafting processes belies his failure in governance ...

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