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Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


Nepal to import electricity from India
Asia News: Kathmandu, Dec 15 (IANS) Power-starved Nepal, facing long outages, plans to import electricity from India at commercial rates, said a ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


'War Horse' author makes quiet appearance in play
In this undated file photo released by HarperCollins, British author Michael Morpurgo, author of "War Horse," is shown. Morpurgo, who wrote the book the Tony Award-winning play is based ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


Globe nominations heat up race for Oscars
ASSOCIATED PRESS BEVERLY HILLS: The Golden Globes are good at predicting likely best-picture nominees for the Academy Awards. Not so much at predicting the eventual big Oscar winner, though. Globe ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


Ex-Taliban deny reports of Qatar-office
ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL: An ex-Taliban envoy said on Thursday that he had no knowledge of plans by the Afghan insurgents to set up a political office in Qatar, even though media reports billed him ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


Indian Joint-secy calls on CA chair Nembang
RSS KATHMANDU: Joint-secretary at the Foreign Affairs Ministry of India and chief at the Nepal Desk, Akhilesh Mishra, called on Constituent Assembly Chairman Subas Chandra Nembang at the ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


Claudia Schiffer denies Russian's claim of fathering daughter
AGENCIES LONDON: A businessman has bizarrely claimed he is the father of one of supermodel Claudia Schiffer's daughters, reported British daily The Sun on Thursday. Aleksander Gavrilov said ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


5 Indian athletes banned for doping
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: India's National Anti Doping Agency has handed two-year bans to five athletes who tested positive during domestic competitions this year. NADA's ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


Oil near $96 amid Europe debt‚ economy concerns
ASSOCIATED PRESS SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose to near $96 a barrel Thursday in Asia after plunging the previous session on investor pessimism that Europe's debt crisis will trigger a recession ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


Krajicek throws in towel in ATP CEO race
ASSOCIATED PRESS AMSTERDAM: Former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek has reportedly pulled out of the race to become the next chief executive of the ATP. Top-selling Dutch daily De Telegraaf ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


Visually-impaired marks 60th birthday at Everest base camp
RSS SOLUKHUMBU: Visually-impaired British national David has marked his 60th birthday in the base camp of the Mt. Everest. David was accompanied by three other blind British nationals Perry, Jyumi ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


WikiLeaks suspect's trial near super-secure NSA
This Sept. 19, 2007, file photo, shows the National Security Agency building at Fort Meade, Md., during a visit by President Bush. The military intelligence complex an hour outside Washington where ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


1 in 4 women attacked by intimate partner
ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA: It's a startling number: 1 in 4 women surveyed by the government say they were violently attacked by their husbands or boyfriends. Experts in domestic violence ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


Minor dies of tusker attack
RSS HETAUDA: A minor died when a wild tusker attacked him in Jogital of Manahari VDC in Makawanpur district last night. Eight-year-old Riddhi Chepang, son of Man Bahadur died, in the incident ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


India cricketer Harbhajan backs under-fire Ponting
Under-performing batsman Ricky Ponting, pictured here on December 2, has received unexpected support from Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh, who predicted the former Australia captain will make a ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


$1b lawsuit against Microsoft shrouded in confusion
FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2011 photo, Bill Gates arrives to testify at the Frank E. Moss federal courthouse in Salt Lake City. Closing arguments are set Tuesday Dec. 13,2011 in a $1 billion federal ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


Uncertainty looms in Iraq amid US pullout
REUTERS BAGHDAD: Zahora Jasim lost two brothers to bombs and gunmen in the years of turmoil and violence that followed the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Now, as the troops leave for home, the Baghdad ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


Youth stabbed to death in Siraha
RAM BABU YADAV SIRAHA: A body of a youth has been recovered with his throat slit in Siraha Municapility-9 on Wednesday night. The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained. Police have ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:29 AM PST


Cricket captures public's heart in Nepal
In a country where sporting achievement has often taken a back seat to the realities of poverty and conflict, Nepal's fastest-growing game attracted sell-out crowds all last week as fans ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:15 AM PST


India to take months to meet Nepal's energy needs
India , the southern neighbour has said importing that quantum of would require at least six months. Citing various administrative steps along with time consuming maintenance of existing ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:15 AM PST


20 contentious issues fall to 16
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: A meeting of the Dispute Resolution (DR) sub-committee convened at Singha Durbar on Thursday morning reached to an official understanding to resolve the four disputable issues ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:15 AM PST


Thai activist jailed for 15 years for royal slur
This file photo shows supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra during a rally in Bangkok, in 2008. A court in Thailand sentenced a "Red Shirt" political activist to 15 ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:15 AM PST


Bomb blast kills 1‚ wounds 2 in Philippines
ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: Philippine police say a man was killed by a home-made bomb that exploded on the motorcycle rickshaw he was driving in a southern town. Two other people were wounded. ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:15 AM PST


Ex-Japan football coach joins China's Hangzhou
Former Japan coach Takeshi Okada, pictured here in 2010, has joined China's Hangzhou Greentown Thursday, further bolstering the Super League's ranks just days after the landmark signing of ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:15 AM PST


Bus hits a man to death in Dang
RSS TULSIPUR: A person has been killed when he was hit by a bus on Thursday morning in Tulsipur of Dang. According to chief of Area Police Office Tulsipur, Devi Paudel, Bhup Bahadur Khadka, 58, a ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:15 AM PST


Pakistan blames Afghan refugees for Rabbani murder
Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, pictured in November 2011, blamed Afghan refugees for the murder of the Kabul government's peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabbani, officials said ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:15 AM PST


Asian stocks fall as global economic gloom builds
ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: Asian stock markets fell Thursday as Japanese business confidence dropped and higher borrowing costs for Italy sparked worries over the ability of European governments to ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:15 AM PST


Australian PM gets 31% pay rise
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, seen here during a speach in Canberra, in November. Gillard was on Thursday recommended for a 31 percent pay rise to take her salary to Aus$481,000 ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:15 AM PST


Udayapur devoid of bird flu
RSS BOKSE: It has been proved that there is no bird flu after tests of the dead broiler chickens were made a few days ago in Ghurmi Bazaar of Lekhani VDC of Udayapur district. Although bird flu ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:15 AM PST


Mob kills 10 suspected pirates in Bangladesh
ASSOCIATED PRESS DHAKA: Bangladesh police say fishermen have beaten to death 10 suspected pirates who were wounded in a gunfight with security forces. Local police chief Bashir Ahmed says the ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:15 AM PST


Italian author kills two Senegalese men
Detectives begin an examination of the crime scene near the bodies of two Senegalese vendors who were killed in a market in Florence. The Italian city was in mourning Wednesday after an Italian ...

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