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Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST


Mexican bandits hold Nicole Scherzinger at gunpoint
AGENCIES LONDON: Terrified Nicole Scherzinger was held at gunpoint by masked bandits while filming her latest pop video, it was revealed last night, reported British daily The Sun on Friday. The ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST


Envoy Acharya expresses hopes for Rio+20
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: Nepal's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Gyan Chandra Acharya has urged the international community to take concrete steps in reducing and canceling debt ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST


Italian court explains acquittal of Knox
FILE - In this file photo taken on Oct. 3, 2011, Amanda Knox cries after hearing the verdict that overturns her conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher, at the ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST


RIM delays next gen phones till late 2012
ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO: BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Thursday that new phones deemed critical to the company's future will be delayed until late 2012. Mike Lazaridis, one ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST


Guards stop Christian Bale from visiting Chinese activist
ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Academy Award winner Christian Bale, in the midst of promoting a film he made in China that some critics have called propaganda, has been stopped trying to visit a blind ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST


Marat Safin turns politician with seat in Russian Parliament
ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW: Former top-ranked tennis player Marat Safin has won a seat in Russia's lower house of Parliament and will represent the pro-Kremlin party United Russia. The ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST


Beijing orders microbloggers to register real names
Customers use their laptop computers at a cafe in Beijing. Beijing city authorities on Friday issued new rules requiring microbloggers to register their real names before posting online, as the ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST


Nepal selected for MCC programme
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: Nepal has been selected for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) programme in Washington D.C. on Thursday. Issuing a press statement today, the Embassy of the United ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST


16 injured in Balauri road mishap
RSS BELAURI: At least 16 people were seriously injured when a tractor met with accident at Bhasi in Kanchanpur along the East-West Highway at 6.30 on Friday morning. Two bus passengers and 14 ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST


Muna-Madan‚ the best-seller in book exhibition
RSS RAJBIRAJ: The Saajha Publication, Rajbiraj Branch has sold off books worth Rs. 104,000 in a book exhibition. The book sale in the 18-daylong grand book exhibition exceeded the target, informed ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST


Death toll from India toxic liquor rises to 155
Patients receive treatment for alcohol poisoning at a hospital in Diamond Harbour, south of Kolkata. The death toll from a mass poisoning in eastern India caused by toxic home-brewed alcohol rose to ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST


Nepal, India to strengthen bilateral power exchange
Nepal, India to strengthen bilateral power exchange Nepal and India have signed an agreement to strengthen bilateral power exchange agreement at Power Exchange Committee (PEC) meeting held in New ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST


Nepal establishes diplomatic relations with Solomon Islands
Nepal establishes diplomatic relations with Solomon Islands Nepal has established diplomatic relations with Solomon Islands, a South Pacific nation, from Thursday. Ambassador and Permanent ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:16 AM PST


China vows crackdown on village revolt
Residents of Wukan, a fishing village in the southern province of Guangdong, rally to demand the government take action over illegal land grabs and the death in custody of a local leader on December ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:16 AM PST


Marginalised communities to get free health services
RSS KAWASWOTI: Madhyabindu community hospital based in Danda of Nawalparasi has decided to render free health services to people belonging to Bote, Majhi and Musahar community of the district. The ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:16 AM PST


Russian fishing ship lists badly near Antarctica
In this undated photo provided by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), Russian fishing vessel Sparta is tied up at an unknown location. The Sparta, with ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:16 AM PST


Bipasha Basu visits Rana in Hyderabad
AGENCIES MUMBAI: The actress flew down to surprise her "friend" on his birthday on December 14 Bipasha Basu flew down to Hyderabad on Tuesday evening to bring in the birthday of her ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:16 AM PST


Municipality seizes substandard weighing machines
RSS DAMAULI: Byas municipality has seized sub-standard weighing machines and measures being used by street and mobile vendors within the municipality area. A five-member team headed by head ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:16 AM PST


Child marriage and dowry system prevail high in Parsa
RSS BIRGUNJ: The prevalence of child marriage and dowry system is high in Parsa district owing to poverty, illiteracy and conventional social norms and values, said local stakeholders. At a ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:16 AM PST


Italy's Monti faces confidence vote on austerity
REUTERS ROME: Italy's government faces a confidence vote in parliament on Friday, a move to speed up approval of a 33-billion euro ($43 billion) austerity package intended to restore market ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:16 AM PST


Shots fired at Chinese consulate in LA
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE LOS ANGELES: Shots were fired at the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles, but no one was injured, police said, adding that an Asian suspect was being sought. The Los Angeles ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:16 AM PST


Nepal sees a marked rise in infanticide cases
"Most of these cases came to our notice after locals reported them," said a police officer at the Crime Investigation Bureau (CIB) investigating the cases. The officer requested anonymity. ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:33 PM PST


Nepal - Government expels UN human rights watchdog
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - 14 December 2011 - ARTICLE 19 condemns the Nepali government's decision not to renew the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the only branch of ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:33 PM PST


Adviser stands by PM
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE GORKHA: Prime Minister's chief political adviser Devendra Poudel today said it would be suicidal for the UCPN-Maoist to look for an alternative to PMBaburam Bhattarai. ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:33 PM PST


Winter takes toll on Damauli jail inmates
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE DAMAULI: Winter is taking a toll on the inmates in Damauli Jail, which has failed to provide the jailbirds with basic facilities. "We have no way but to sleep on the ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:33 PM PST


Maoist chief defends BIPPA
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: UCPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal today requested the Supreme Court to nix the writ petition filed against the October 21 Bilateral Investment Promotion and ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:33 PM PST


Meet gives power trade a boost
RAM KUMAR KAMAT NEW DELHI: Nepal will have to wait for a few more months for the import of 75 to 100 MW power from India. India sought six months for the upgradation of existing transmission lines ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:33 PM PST


101 more PLAs for regrouping
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: As many as 101 Maoist combatants, who had not appeared in the regrouping process in November citing various reasons, including health, have turned up at the New ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:33 PM PST


Assistance for victim's kin
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: The Human Rights Journalists' Association has decided to provide an assistance of Rs 10,000 to the family of Manbir Sunar (26), who was beaten to death for ...

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:33 PM PST


New statute to have retrospective law
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Parties today agreed to include a constitutional provision in the new constitution allowing Parliament to formulate law with retrospective effect to investigate ...

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