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Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:25 AM PST


Indonesian girl back home 7 years after tsunami
The city of Meulaboh under water 28 December 2004, after a quake and tsunami hit early December 26. An Indonesian girl separated from her family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has been ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:25 AM PST


Egypt activists gather for mass rally against army
A view shows traffic at Tahrir Square in Cairo December 22, 2011. Activists plan a million-man march to Tahrir Square on Friday to protest against army rule and the latest ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:25 AM PST


Environmentalists dwell on climate change
RSS KATHMANDU: Climate change experts have stressed on awareness of each citizen for maintaining the environmental balance in the light of the adverse impact of climate change already becoming ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:25 AM PST


Pakistani Taliban attack fort‚ kidnap 15 soldiers
ASSOCIATED PRESS DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Pakistani Taliban fighters attacked a paramilitary fort in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing one soldier and kidnapping 15 others, police said. The brazen ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:25 AM PST


India's PM strikes back at industry critics
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (pictured in November) has struck back at critics who accuse him of weakening the country's economy by failing to pursue bold economic reforms. Singh's ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:25 AM PST


Boyfriend pops the question to Holly Valance
AGENCIES LONDON: Holly Valance got engaged to billionaire property developer Nick Candy on Thursday after he proposed on a beach, reported British daily The Sun on Friday. She posted a picture of ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:24 AM PST


Science and technology council to develop IT sector
RSS BARGACHHI: Minister for Science and Technology, Kalpana Dhamala has said the government has constituted the science and technology council for the development of the IT sector. Inaugurating ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:24 AM PST


Nepal to woo Chinese tourists
RSS KATHMANDU: The diplomats and tourism entrepreneurs have stressed on the need of attracting Chinese tourists through economic diplomacy. Speaking at an interaction organised by Hotel ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:24 AM PST


Daunting Djokovic seeks to raise bar in 2012
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, sits next to his trophy after defeating Rafael Nadal, of Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, in the men's final at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, Calif., ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:24 AM PST


Steve Jobs to get Grammy for revolutionising music
REUTERS First it was a bronze statue in Hungary. Now it's a Grammy. The accolades for Steve Jobs, who died Oct 5, are still pouring in. The Recording Academy said on Wednesday it is giving ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:24 AM PST


Asian shares up as U.S. data spurs year-end bounce
REUTERS SINGAPORE: Asian stocks edged up on Friday, as signs of a strengthening economy in the United States encouraged a modest year-end rally in riskier assets. Wall Street stocks had risen for ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:24 AM PST


Looters break into restaurants in Lalitpur
RSS LALITPUR: An unidentified group of looters robbed two restaurants in Lalitpur district on Friday morning. The group comprising six persons robbed Shreekali restaurant at Khokana and Mitho ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:24 AM PST


Mumbai railway claims 35‚000 lives in decade
Indian commuters are seen crossing tracks to catch trains during rush hour at a railway station in Mumbai. More than 35,000 people have been killed on Mumbai's rail network over the last ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:24 AM PST


1‚000 missing in Philippines flood likely to double toll
A man searches through the debris of houses destroyed by typhoon Washi at Iligan City, southern Philippines on December 22, 2011. More than 1,000 people remain missing in the Philippines after ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:24 AM PST


18th century 'giant' should be buried
In this undated image provided by the Royal College of Surgeons, the skeleton, left, of Charles Byrne, nicknamed "The Irish Giant," who stood about 7 feet, 7 inches (2.3 meters) tall, and ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:24 AM PST


France tops poll for most pessimistic on economy
REUTERS PARIS: France leads the world as the "most pessimistic" country in terms of the economic outlook, with the lowest recorded score in more than 30 years, according to a global poll ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:24 AM PST


Freedom fighter Temani no more
RSS KALAIYA: Freedom fighter Satya Narayan Temani passed away at his residence in Kalaiya-6 Friday morning at 92. Temani had fought on behalf of the Nepali Congress in the movement of 2007 B.S. He ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST


Nepal gov't may scrap dual pricing on diesel
"Considering the multiple effects of the dual pricing in industrial production and supplies chain, we have been asking the government to withdraw the decision," Bhatta ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST


China sentences rights activist to 9 years' jail
ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: A Chinese court on Friday sentenced a veteran democracy activist to nine years' imprisonment for inciting subversion, in what appears to be the most severe punishment ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST


Suu Kyi's party registers to run in Myanmar polls
ASSOCIATED PRESS NAYPYITAW: Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has formally registered her party for any upcoming elections, returning the Nobel laureate to the political arena. Suu Kyi and ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST


Shivering cold claims two more lives in Gaur
RSS GAUR: Two more people have died in Rautahat district from increasing cold wave. Sakali Devi Thakur, 65, of Bariyarpur -1 died from cold, said a local Ashok Yadav, and Shekh Tahid Ansari, 65, ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST


'Heart is what needed for service'
RSS BARDIBAS: Youths organised Cloth Bank has proved in the villages of Mahottari that heart is what is needed for service rather than riches. The youths organised Help Nepal and Clothes Bank here ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST


Youth found dead in Jhapa
RSS Bhadrapur: A youth was found dead on Thursday night in Birtamod of Jhapa. Balaram Yadav, 31, of Rajgadh-2 was found dead in front of a building under construction, said the Area Police Office ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST


Wildfire goes beyond control in Lamjung
RSS LAMJUNG: The wildfire raging for the past ten days in Bagarchhap VDC of Manang, the district beyond the Himalayas, could not be controlled yet. All efforts so far made to control fire in ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST


Dhading van mishap leaves one dead‚ 1 injured
KESHAV ADHIKARI DHADING: A person was killed and one another has been critically injured when a pick up van plunged into Mahesh Khola at Satkilo of Thakre VDC-4 along Prithivi Lok Margha in the ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST


U.S. intelligence warned of strife after Iraq pullout
REUTERS WASHINGTON: U.S. intelligence agencies warned that security gains in Iraq could degenerate into sectarian violence after a troop pullout that some officials say left the United States with ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST


Pakistan beat China 5-3
Shakeel Abbasi (L) of Pakistan vies for the ball with Liu Yixian of China during the second field hockey match in Karachi. Pakistan came from two goals down to beat a much improved China 5-3, taking ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST


APF run HIRV effective in Kanchanpur
RSS KANCHANPUR: The Highway Immediate Response Vehicle (HIRV) run by the Armed Police Force (APF) to control criminal activities in the district has been effective. SP of Shaileswori Battalion, ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST


NKorea media dubs young Kim 'outstanding leader'
A group of North Koreans take part in an organized display of mourning, in front of a portrait of Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea, the day after his death was announced, Tuesday, Dec. 20, ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:22 AM PST


HIV trial is 'breakthough' of 2011
A landmark clinical trial that showed HIV drugs can be as effective as condoms in preventing transmission of the virus that causes AIDS was declared Science magazine's breakthrough of the year ...

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