Thursday, December 29, 2011

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Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:58 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: 29 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST


Verdict of Russian court welcomed
RSS KATHMANDU: The Srimadbhagawat Publicity Service Association has welcomed the annulment of the case filed to ban the new publication of the translated Russian version of Bhagawat Geeta. The ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST


Police blamed for involvement in poaching
RSS BANKE: Locals have complained that security personnel themselves have been involved in wildlife poaching from the forest of Baghauda region, across the Rapti river in Banke district. Locals ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST


PMO inducts members in Investment Board
RSS KATHMANDU: A meeting of the Investment Board (IB) held on Thursday decided to nominate more members in the Board. The meeting held at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) decided to nominate ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST


VP Jha extends Tamu Loshar wishes
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: Vice President Paramananda Jha has extended greetings to the Gurung community and wished for peace, happiness and prosperous life of Gurungs as well as all Nepalis on the ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST


Asian stocks mostly down on Europe bank worries
ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday as traders shied away from riskier assets as the year drew to a close, but hopes for a successful bond issue in Italy ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Greek tax officials on strike
ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS: Greek tax officials have walked off the job at the start of a 48-hour strike to protest austerity measures that have included salary cuts, as the government struggles to ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Ex-PLA's bandh hits Kailali
RSS DHANGADHI: Normal life of Kailali district has been hit hard on Thursday due to the Bandh called by ex-PLA combatants of the UCPN-Maoist, who are on agitation demanding implementation of past ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Ratnanagar Mahotsav to rock Chitwan after New Year
RSS CHITWAN: Preparations for the Ratnanagar Mahotsav have been expedited, which is scheduled to be held from January 11-19, 2012. The festival would be organized in Tikaulichaur of Ratnanagar ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Python attacks Australian infant
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE SYDNEY: An Australian infant was attacked by a python which wrapped itself around his body and attempted to suffocate him, his terrified mother said Thursday, recalling his ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Worst year in decades for elephants
ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG: It's been a disastrous year for elephants, perhaps the worst since ivory sales were banned in 1989 to save the world's largest land animals from extinction, ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Fire guts property in Mahottari
RSS BARDIBAS: Property worth Rs. 300,000 was gutted in an inferno which broke in Sonama VDC-6 of Mahottari district on Thursday. The fire which broke out in the house of Ram Kishun Kurmi while ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Lawmaker Nepali calls SC verdict faulty
RSS BARDIBAS: Constituent Assembly (CA) Lawmaker and the central member of Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party Ganesh Nepali accused the Supreme Court (SC) of interfering in the rights of the ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Police shoot 7 'terrorists' in China's Muslim west
ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Police in China's restive Central Asia border area fatally shot seven members of a Muslim ethnic group in what officials said Thursday was an attempt to end a ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


North Korea hails nuclear‚ military feats of Kim Jong-il
Vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of North Korea Kim Jong-un (front C), his uncle Jang Song-thaek (behind Kim) and Chief of General Staff of the Korea ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


India's PM‚ anti-graft law face parliament test
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE NEW DELHI: India's government and ruling Congress party faced a key test to its proposed flagship anti-corruption law on Thursday, with the upper house of parliament set ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Nepal's slow peace process
peace and constitution drafting processes once again appear to be stalling. There are a number of reasons why this has been the case. There is first the issue of the unresolved differences regarding ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Elephants race, play soccer in Nepal gala
CHITWAN, Nepal — Soccer-playing elephants used all four feet and even their trunks trying to score goals. Racing pachyderm thundered to the finish line to the cheers of the crowds. And in the ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


Australia defeat India by 122 runs in 1st test
Rahul Dravid of India is bowled by James Pattinson of Australia during the fourth day of the first test match in Melbourne, Australia on Thursday Dec. 29, ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


leaders to fuel on war of ideology
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: The Maoist Central Committee(CC) meeting-- which commenced amidst the intra-party rifts, with the party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal prioritizing on peace and statute, and the ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


Japan's tsunami refugees brace for harsh winter
Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster refugees, Ishio Abe (R) and his wife, next to their temporary accommodation in Ishinomaki city in Japan. As the mercury plunges in the country's ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


Myanmar warehouse blast kills 17
Rescue workers carry a body from the site of a blast in Myanmar's Yangon on December 29. The large pre-dawn explosion at a warehouse in Yangon on Thursday killed at least 17 people and injured ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


Abortion allowed if woman's life at risk
Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a campaign stop at the Westside Conservative Club breakfast,Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, in Urbandale, ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


Cuban Jewish leaders meet with jailed American
In this photo taken Monday Dec. 26, 2011 and provided to the Associated Press by Adela Dworin, American government contractor Alan Gross, center, poses for a photo with Cuban Jewish leaders Adela ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


North Korea begins memorial for Kim Jong Il
In this image made from KRT video, Kim Jong Un, center, Kim Jong Il's youngest son and successor, walks next to his father's hearse during a funeral procession for the late North Korean ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


Arab observers fan out across Syria
Arab monitors head to three more Syrian cities on Thursday to check if government forces are complying with a peace plan after a delegation to Homs, center of the uprising against President Bashar ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:10 AM PST


Malaysia proposal video wins hearts worldwide
ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: After watching an emotional video of Malaysian Timothy Tiah propose to his girlfriend, "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest hailed it as a heartwarming coda ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:10 AM PST


Accomplice of abductors in police net
RSS KALAIYA: The District Police Office, Bara arrested Nanda Lal Saha (55) of Dharmanagar-9 accusing him of hiding abductors. Some unidentified persons kidnapped Mahendra Chaudhary (50) of Bara, ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:10 AM PST


Tourists arrival up at Buddha's birthplace
RSS KAPLIVASTU: The inflow of tourists has surged in Tilaurakot, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, when there are few days to go to bid farewell to the Nepal Tourism Year-2011. Number of foreign ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:10 AM PST


Nepal's slow peace process
peace and constitution drafting processes once again appear to be stalling. There are a number of reasons why this has been the case. There is first the issue of the unresolved differences regarding ...

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