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Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:01 AM PST


Information black hole as North Korean leader dies
REUTERS SEOUL:Few national leaders die these days with no one outside their country knowing about it. For more than 48 hours. Not even a mention on Twitter. Yet apparently no one, including South ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:01 AM PST


Pakistan's Supreme Court probes memo scandal
In this photo taken Sept. 9, 2008, Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari pauses during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's president, recovering from a likely "mini ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:01 AM PST


Rihanna fumes over racist remarks
AGENCIES LONDON: Rihanna has vented her anger after encountering "the most racist man ever" at her hotel in Lisbon while on tour, reported British daily The Sun on Monday. She wrote on ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:01 AM PST


NATO says it will continue Afghan night raids
ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL: NATO will continue to carry out nighttime kill-and-capture raids that target suspected insurgents despite repeated protests by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the alliance ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:01 AM PST


Pakistan trails Bangladesh by 121 runs at tea
ASSOCIATED PRESS DHAKA:Taufeeq Umar smashed 117 runs and remained unbeaten to help Pakistan reach 217-2 at tea on the third day of the second cricket test against Bangladesh on Monday. Azhar Ali ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:01 AM PST


Sherlock Holmes left baffled with weak $40m debut
In this image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Jared Harris portraying Professor James Moriarty, left, and Robert Downey Jr., portraying Sherlock Holmes, are shown in a scene from "Sherlock ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:00 AM PST


Keys‚ Levine earn Aussie Open wild cards
ASSOCIATED PRESS NORCROSS: Teenager Madison Keys and Jesse Levine have earned wild-card berths at the Australian Open by winning U.S. Tennis Association playoffs. The 16-year-old Keys beat Gail ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:00 AM PST


Prospects grow bleaker for Russia rig survivors
ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW: Hope was running out Monday for scores of oil workers missing for more than a day in remote, freezing waters off Russia's east coast after their floating platform ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:00 AM PST


4.9 quake rocks Taplejung
RSS KATHMANDU: The National Seismological Center, Lainchaur of the Department of Mines and Zoology, has recorded an earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale at 3:20 am on Monday morning. ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:00 AM PST


Biting cold claims three lives in Mahottari
RSS BARDIBAS: With the sharp fall on mercury, the number of people succumbing to cold has reached three in Mahottari district. According to the District Police Office Mahottari, two people who ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:00 AM PST


Vehicle hits pedestrian‚ killed
SRIRAM SIGDEL NAWALPARASI: A pedestrian has been killed after a vehicle hit him at Kawaswoti along Mahendra Highway in the district on Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:00 AM PST


NKorean leader's death leaves global stocks unsettled
ASSOCIATED PRESS SHANGHAI: World stocks began the week with a jolt Monday as the death of North Korea's absolute ruler, Kim Jong Il, added to the uncertainties clouding the outlook for ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 03:16 AM PST


Trimurti Award to Malla
RSS KATHMANDU: The Trimurti Niketan, a literary organisation, has decided to honour Prem Prakash Malla 'Madhukar' with the 'Trimurti Award' in recognition of his longstanding ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 03:16 AM PST


Activists from the NCP chant anti-government slogans during their countrywide strike against the Nepali government and ...
Activists from the Nepali Congress Party (NCP) chant anti-government slogans during their countrywide strike against the Nepali government and police in Kathmandu December 19, 2011. The ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 01:31 AM PST


Crew fled with life vests as packed Indonesian boat sank
REUTERS SYDNEY: The crew and captain of an Indonesian boat packed with illegal immigrants grabbed life vests and swam away as it sank during a heavy storm, leaving more than 200 passengers missing, ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 01:31 AM PST


CPN-Masal calls for prove into allowance irregularities
RSS KATHMANDU: The CPN-Masal has called for a high-level investigation into the 'irregularities' related to the government allowances to the former Maoist combatants. The Central ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 01:31 AM PST


Strike cripples normal life in Nepal
Normal life across Nepal was paralysed on Monday as the main opposition party Nepali Congress and its sister organisations called a general strike to protest the killing of its youth leader in ...

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 10:58 PM PST


Drinking water project completed; 2‚000 families benefitted
RSS BHAKTAPUR: The Sipadole grand drinking water project that started with the objective of supplying drinking water to 300 households of Supadole VDC of Bhaktapur in 2009 has been accomplished. ...

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 10:58 PM PST


Veena Malik is hiding in mumbai!
AGENCIES MUMBAI: The actress was supposed to be in Hyderabad on Sunday, but the CBI did not allow her to leave Mumbai, reveals designer Riyaz Gangji The biggest question doing the rounds in the ...

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 10:58 PM PST


CC meet put off
RSS KATHMANDU: A meeting of the Constitutional Committee (CC) scheduled to take place on Monday to discuss the issues presented by the Dispute Resolving Sub-committee formed to settle the ...

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 10:58 PM PST


Eurozone to pursue crisis action‚ Fitch doubts outcome
REUTERS BRUSSELS: The euro zone will tackle its debt crisis this week by offering more cash to the IMF and long-term liquidity to banks, while moving toward tighter fiscal rules, after ratings ...

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 10:57 PM PST


Havel‚ leader of "Velvet Revolution‚" dies
A man places a candle in tribute to late former Czech President Vaclav Havel at Wenceslas Square in Prague December 18, 2011. Vaclav Havel, a dissident playwright who was jailed by Communists and ...

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 10:57 PM PST


Don't scandalise the judiciary‚ says CJ
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi today urged all stakeholders not to scandalise the judiciary and to stop cheap comments against it. "My serious attention has ...

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 10:57 PM PST


Chile girl dies after split from conjoined twin
ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTIAGO: A 10-month-old girl who was surgically separated from her conjoined twin died Sunday after suffering general organ failure, said the director of a Chilean children's ...

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 09:17 PM PST


Nepal's 'singing nun' shares the sound of music
But this 40-year-old is no ordinary devotee, for Dolma -- better known by her moniker "The Singing Nun" -- is the most unlikely of music stars, touring the world to change the lives of ...

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 09:17 PM PST


Flood-hit Philippines prepares for mass burials
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE MANILA: The Philippines prepared for mass burials of flash-flood victims Monday to minimise the health risk from rotting cadavers after a disaster that has left many hundreds ...

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 09:17 PM PST


Tendulkar has 'helper' for Aussie series
Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, seen here playing a shot during a recent training session in Kolkata. A cricket enthusiast listed in the Indian touring squad as an "attendant" is ...

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 09:17 PM PST


North Korea state TV says Kim Jong il has died
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il returns a salute as he reviews a military parade in Pyongyang during celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the communist party in this October 10, 2005 file photo. ...

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 09:17 PM PST


NC bandh cripples life across country
In Kathmandu, the bandh has brought the vehicular traffic to a standstill while schools, colleges and marketplaces remain closed. Reports from the districts also suggested similar impact of bandh, ...

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 09:17 PM PST


US warns Nepal over political unrest
KATHMANDU (AFP) - The United States warned Nepal on Sunday that political strikes threatening to paralyse the country could lead to its travel warning being reinstated. Opposition leaders called a ...

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