Saturday, December 24, 2011

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Posted: 24 Dec 2011 08:07 AM PST


Mandela grandson to marry despite ban on 3rd wife
Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla (pictured) will tie the knot with a third wife in a traditional ceremony on Christmas Eve Saturday despite a court ban on the wedding, according to a ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 08:06 AM PST


VP Jha attends Christmas programme
RSS POKHARA: Vice President Parmananda Jha has wished for peace, justice, equality, progress, prosperity and religious tolerance and harmony in the nation. Addressing the Christmas Programme ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 06:36 AM PST


North Korean heir lauded as 'supreme commander'
North Korea's flag is flown at half-mast at the North Korean Embassy to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Beijing, China, Friday, Dec. 23, ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 06:36 AM PST


Yemeni troops defy orders to withdraw from capital
Armed Yemeni tribesmen escort demonstrators during a four-day march from Taiz to Sanaa demanding the prosecution of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Dhamar, Yemen, Friday, Dec. 23, ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 06:36 AM PST


Cowan to open for Australia in Boxing Day Test
Australia look set to go in against India with a revamped top order for the Boxing Day Test, with opener Ed Cowan, pictured here on December 20, named to the ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 04:20 AM PST


Dahal presents political report in Maoist CC
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: The Central Committee meeting of UCPN-Maoist has been put off for two days after a brief sitting on Saturday afternoon. In today's meeting, Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 04:20 AM PST


Chinese villagers demand release of detainees
Villagers gather to protest Friday Dec. 23, 2011 in Haimen, China. Riot police in the southern Chinese coastal town fired tear gas at protesters Friday on the fourth day of unrest over a planned ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 04:20 AM PST


Road widening drive begins in Lalitpur
RSS LALITPUR: In order to widen the roads by bumping off the houses and huts set up by encroaching the roads in Lalitpur district began on Saturday. The road widening campaign was jointly ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 02:49 AM PST


Cold spell on; nine dead in 24 hours in Nepal
spell has claimed dozens of lives in various Tarai districts. The rising death toll piles pressure on the government of Nepal that has been issued a show cause notice by the Supreme Court on its ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 02:49 AM PST


Tunisian assembly approves new cabinet
REUTERS TUNIS: Tunisia's assembly on Friday approved a cabinet proposed by prime minister-designate Hamadi Jbeli which will have the task of trying to restore order and reinvigorate a ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 02:49 AM PST


Thousands visit Bethlehem on Christmas Eve
ASSOCIATED PRESS BETHLEHEM: Thousands of pilgrims, tourists and local Christians have kicked off Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus. Visitors gathered ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 02:49 AM PST


Pro-India party member killed in Kashmir
ASSOCIATED PRESS SRINAGAR: Police say suspected rebels have shot dead a member of a pro-India political party in Indian Kashmir. Police said Bashir Ahmed was shot in the head at close range in ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 02:49 AM PST


Day of violence in northern Nigeria kills at least 24
REUTERS KANO: Clashes between a violent Islamist sect and security forces in Nigeria's northeastern city of Damaturu have killed at least 24 people in the past day, police said on Friday. A ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 02:49 AM PST


Tennis star Sharapova out of Brisbane International
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, pictured here in October, has withdrawn from January's Brisbane International due to an ankle injury, but said she expected to be ready for the Australian ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 02:49 AM PST


1 succumbs to mishap in Sarlahi
RSS SARLAHI: A man, injured in a tractor accident, died while being taken to Birgunj for treatment. Uma Sah, 50, of Malangawa VDC-2 had sustained critical injuries in a tractor accident near ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 02:49 AM PST


9 of 10 teenage suicides by girls in Kathmandu
Kathmandu (The Kathmandu Post/ANN)- A steep rise in the number of suicides by adolescent girls in Kathmandu in the last 18 months has reinforced the perception that women still remain ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 12:36 AM 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: 24 Dec 2011 12:36 AM PST


Suicide attack kills 6 Pakistani soldiers
A Pakistani boy looks on at a market collecting fruits and vegetables left by vendors, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, in the cold morning Friday, Dec. 23, ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 12:36 AM PST


In China‚ a daring few challenge one-child limit
ASSOCIATED PRESS ZHUJI: Seven months pregnant, Wu Weiping sneaked out early in the morning carrying a shoulder bag with some clothes, her laptop and a knife. "It's good for me I ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 12:36 AM PST


Romney calls Iran leaders 'evil'
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (pictured), in an interview published on Friday, called the Iranian leadership "evil" and said he would consider decapitating the Tehran ...

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 12:36 AM PST


Nepali Political Party Official Mourns Demise of Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- C. P. Mainali, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Nepal Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist), Thursday visited the DPRK embassy in Katmandu to express ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 11:09 PM PST


9 of 10 teenage suicides by girls in Kathmandu
suicide s by adolescent girls in Kathmandu in the last 18 months has reinforced the perception that women still remain psychologically and emotionally suppressed in our society. Nine out of ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 11:09 PM PST


Infant Health Programme in all districts
RSS KATHMANDU: The government has set a target to make the Infant Health Programme reachable to all the 75 districts of the country to reduce the infant mortality rate. The programme initially ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 11:09 PM PST


Thing beats Tamang to death
RSS NUWAKOT: Sahila Tamang, 64, was killed last night after being beaten up in Urleni VDC-3 of Nuwakot district. He was attacked by a neighbor when there was debate on their transaction. Tamang ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 11:09 PM PST


Kamlahari free district not implemented
RSS DANG: Some 36 Kamlaharis are yet to be rescued in Dang district even after two years have elapsed since the declaration of Dang as Kamlahari free district. The Sahayog Samaj Nepal working for ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 11:09 PM PST


Thousands demonstrate in Maldives over Islamic law
A Maldivian holds a placard during a protest calling on the government to enforce strict Islamic law in Male, Maldives, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. More than 3,000 people heeded a protest call by ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 11:08 PM PST


Vehicles of educational institutions to go yellow
RSS GAURIGUNJ: The color of vehicles owned by educational institutions in Damak of Jhapa district would be uniform from the March. During a discussion, concerned bodies of Damak Friday decided to ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 08:16 PM PST


1941 fruitcake in Ohio sells for $525
ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI: A 1941 fruitcake has sold for $525 to an Arizona man in an Ohio company's online auction, and the money will go to the homeless in southwest Ohio. Elite Estate ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 08:16 PM PST


Palace says Prince Philip given heart stent
Britain's Prince Philip arrives at Government House in Canberra, Australia, in this Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 file photo. Queen Elizabeth II's husband has been taken to the hospital after ...

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 08:16 PM PST


Raul Castro says Cuba to pardon nearly 3‚000 prisoners
Cuban President Raul Castro (R) attends the second annual session of the National Assembly, on December 23, at the Conventions Palace in Havana. Castro announced plans to pardon 3,000 prisoners, ...

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