Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:08 AM PST


UCPN-Maoist leaders stress on party unity
RSS KATHMANDU: Most of the leaders speaking at the ongoing central committee meeting of the UCPN-Maoist have expressed views for the unity within the party on Tuesday. According to politburo ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:08 AM PST


Majority of Bhaktapur brick kilns evading VAT
RSS KATHMANDU: Majority of the brick kilns in Bhaktapur were found involved in evading VAT. According to the Value Added Tax Act 2052, person or company making transaction of Rs. 2 million plus ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:08 AM PST


Pakistanis clash with police over gas shortages
People thread their way through concrete slabs used by protesters to block the main highway in Peshawar, Pakistan, to protest against the lack of transport on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. Countrywide ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:08 AM PST


Prasad strikes twice for S. Lanka in SA Test
Sri Lanka fast bowler Dhammika Prasad (C) celebrates the dismissal of South Africa captain Graeme Smith on the first day of the third Test at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on January 3. Prasad took ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:08 AM PST


White Himal broadcasts news to and from Nepal
Surya Thapa (left), 26, and Kishor Panthi, 28, are news anchors for the New York-based Nepali TV station White Himal, launched on Dec. 17. The station educates residents of Nepal about life in the ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:08 AM PST


Nepal festival with heft
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 elephant beauty ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:46 AM PST


India puts Terry on cigarette warnings
A street vendor holds up a packet of cigarettes adorned with a image said to resemble footballer John Terry. His representatives have lodged a complaint over the apparent use of his image for a ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:46 AM PST


PM says his govt will complete twin tasks
RAJAN BHATTARAI BIRATNAGAR: Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai has once again claimed that the current government will complete the peace process and the constitution-drafting by May 27. The ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:45 AM PST


Suicide attack kills 5 men in south Afghanistan
ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL: An Afghan official says a suicide bomber driving a motorcycle has killed four civilians and a police officer in southern Kandahar city. Gen. Abul Razaq, Kandahar provincial ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:45 AM PST


13 killed‚ 41 injured in central China crash
ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Thirteen people died and 41 others were injured when a truck collided with a bus in central China. The official Xinhua News Agency said the accident occurred Tuesday ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:18 AM PST


Australia on top after day 1
India's Sachin Tendulkar, right, turns away as teammate Virender Sehwag walks after he was dismissed for 30 runs while playing Australia in their cricket test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:18 AM PST


Chelsea win‚ Arsenal lose in more late drama
REUTERS LONDON: Chelsea and Arsenal experienced contrasting late drama in the Premier League on Monday with an 89th minute Frank Lampard goal giving Chelsea a 2-1 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:18 AM PST


Photos of dead aim to bring new life to cold cases
In this Dec. 30, 2011 photo, Milwaukee County forensic anthropologist Michael Simley poses at his office in Milwaukee while logged onto a website he produced showing the faces of unidentified ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:18 AM PST


Kenya shilling weakens vs the dollar‚ cbank eyed
REUTERS NAIROBI: The Kenyan shilling lost ground against the dollar in the first trading day of 2012 on thin corporate and interbank demand for the U.S. currency, and traders expected the central ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:18 AM PST


BMW sees 2012 premium market growth above 8 percent
REUTERS FRANKFURT: BMW expects the global premium car market to grow more than twice as fast as the overall auto market this year, the German carmaker's finance chief told a German newspaper. ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:18 AM PST


Beyond Iowa‚ Santorum faces a daunting challenge
Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum shakes hands during a meet and greet campaign stop at Pizza Ranch, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, in Altoona, ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:42 AM PST


G.W. Bush presidency unmentioned in GOP campaign
ASSOCIATED PRESS PERRY: A funny thing happened recently in the presidential campaign in Iowa: The last Republican president's name actually surfaced. "We've had, in the past, a ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:42 AM PST


Oil jumps to near $101 amid rising Iran tensions
ASSOCIATED PRESS SINGAPORE: Oil prices jumped to near $101 a barrel Tuesday in Asia amid concerns that rising tensions between Western powers and Iran could lead to crude supply disruptions. ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:42 AM PST


Japanese politicians land on disputed isles
File illustration photo shows a man looking at images of the disputed island of Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Four Japanese local politicians on Tuesday landed on the islands in the East ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:42 AM PST


Disappointment at Myanmar prison term cuts
Female prisoners walk out of the Insein prison in Myanmar's Yangon in October 2011. About 200 political detainees were freed in October, but activists estimate there are still between 500 and ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:42 AM PST


Three N. Koreans 'shot dead' during escape bid
File illustration photo shows a North Korean border patrol boat cruising the Yalu river in December 2011. North Korean troops shot dead three countrymen who were trying to cross the border into ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:42 AM PST


Muslims clash with China police who destroyed mosque
Sunlight reflected through the ornate window lattices falls on the famed carpets of Ningxia as Hui Chinese Muslims attend afternoon prayers in 2004. Hundreds of Muslims fought with armed police who ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:42 AM PST


Media mogul Rupert Murdoch takes to Twitter
Chairman of News Corp. business empire Rupert Murdoch, in this file photo dated Thursday, April 10, 1997. The 80-year old media mogul Murdoch has begun the 2012 New Year by setting up a twitter ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:42 AM PST


PM issues instructions for bureaucracy
RSS BIRATNAGAR: Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has directed the bureaucracy to provide with easy and accessible services to people being not influenced by any forces. Issuing directives to ...

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:41 AM PST


RPP-Nepal slams decision to remove former King Tribhuvan's statue from Shahid Gate
RPP-Nepal slams decision to remove former King Tribhuvan's statue from Shahid Gate The Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal has slammed the government decision of removing the statue of the late ...

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:07 PM PST


India 191 all out vs Australia
India's Sachin Tendulkar, right, turns away as teammate Virender Sehwag walks after he was dismissed for 30 runs while playing Australia in their cricket test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground ...

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:07 PM PST


Koch Morcha bandh hits life in east
RSS BHADRAPUR: The effect of shutdown enforced by Purbi Tharuwan Koch Morcha demanding the constitutional guarantee of their rights is visible in Jhapa since early Tuesday morning. Long and short ...

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:07 PM PST


Taiwan president race darkened by spying charges
In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is greeted by supporters at a local market in Taoyuan county, northern Taiwan. Washington is lavishing attention on ...

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:06 PM PST


South Korea says 'new era' possible for Koreas
People watch a TV screen reporting about North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un, at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. South Korea's president opened the ...

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:06 PM PST


Tendulkar out for 41 in 1st innings
India's Sachin Tendulkar drops down to avoid a bouncer while playing Australia in their cricket test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Tuesday, Jan. 3, ...

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