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Maoists blockade Nepal's capital

AFP - Tue Nov 10, 6:54 am ET

Maoist activists on Tuesday blocked all roads in and out of Nepal's capital Kathmandu in the latest stage of a two-week protest against the government.

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The north wall of Chang Himal: check!
MountEverest.net - Fri Nov 6, 12:06 pm ET
10:15 am CST Nov 06, 2009 (MountEverest.net) On Alpinist's to-do-list as one of the great unclimbed faces, a few days back Chang Himal’s 1,500m north wall was reportedly sent by Andy Houseman and fellow Brit Nick Bullock.
Moving on, reaching out
The Fairfield Citizen - Fri Nov 6, 11:57 am ET
It is very difficult to recognize Julie Mughal's Upstate New York accent. It may be there, if she takes a moment to slow down her speech. At the fast-clipped rate she usually talks, one hears an accent from other lands.
INDIANA'S OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER
DePauw - Fri Nov 6, 10:36 am ET
Professor Rebecca Upton didn't have to look far for someone to live in her house on Indiana Street while she took sabbatical in Botswana this school year. Juniors Elizabeth Ratchford and Katherine Straus approached the sociology and anthropology with a unique proposition.
Big honor comes to a local teacher
The Press-Enterprise - Fri Nov 6, 2:33 am ET
The accolades kept coming throughout the day Thursday for Amber Carrow, a world history teacher at Chemawa Middle School in Riverside. "Ms. Carrow is the best teacher in the world," was one of several messages left by her seventh-grade students on a whiteboard in her classroom. One student handed her a note with several congratulatory comments including "You rock, Ms. Carrow!"
'Playing For Change': 'etown' brings YouTube sensation to Denver (VIDEO)
Colorado Daily - Fri Nov 6, 11:19 am ET
Mark Johnson believes that the power of music can unite the world, so he set off on a four-year journey to create the groundbreaking documentary "Playing For Change."
Gender economics: Writer shares grim saga of developing world
Lancaster Online - Fri Nov 6, 6:21 am ET
In some parts of the world, young girls can be bought and sold like shoes.Nicholas Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, knows this because he bought two of them."And I have the receipts to prove it," Kristof told a packed house at Franklin & Marshall College...
Nepal govt says coffers empty, can't pay ministers
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 2, 4:29 am ET
The Nepalese government has run out of money for essential services including hospitals and schools after the Maoist party blocked its new budget, the finance minister said Monday.
Travel reading: Book offers ideas for volunteering around the world
The Salt Lake Tribune - Fri Nov 6, 8:10 am ET
Many travelers want to use their vacation time to volunteer and make a difference. A new book, Frommer's 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference , can help with that altruistic goal.
National Zoo's oldest male sloth bear dies
Washington Post - Thu Nov 5, 12:00 am ET
The National Zoo's oldest male sloth bear, Merlin, died Wednesday after surgery to repair a partially twisted spleen. It was the zoo's third animal death in a month.
Nepal Bus Falls 700 Feet Off Mountain, 12 Killed
FOX 61 Chattanooga - Sun Nov 8, 11:30 am ET
A bus veered off a remote mountain road and plummeted about 700 feet Sunday in western Nepal, killing at least 12 people and injuring several more, officials said.
Vulnerable countries urge world to cut emissions
WTOL 11 Toledo - 47 minutes ago
A group of 11 countries vulnerable to adverse effects of global warming urged world leaders Tuesday to reach a binding agreement at the next month's global conference on the issue.
18 kids and Allison Kelly wants more
The Community Connection - Mon Nov 9, 11:03 am ET
When Allison Kelly of Gilbertsville was two-years-old, she was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, a condition that would force her to walk with the use of crutches throughout most of her middle and high school years. It was also a condition that would prohibit her from having biological children or being able to adopt.
Maldives wants poor nations to make carbon pledge
FOX 11 Tucson - Mon Nov 9, 5:18 am ET
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Developing nations should set an example for the world ahead of an international conference on climate change by pledging to become carbon neutral, the president of the Maldives said Monday.
CU-Boulder hosting Tibet Film Festival (VIDEO)
Colorado Daily - Fri Nov 6, 12:19 am ET
University of Colorado professor Carole McGranahan acquired a soft spot in her heart for Tibet when she studied abroad in Nepal in college.
Zigzag or Zig Zag rugs offer range of choices
San Francisco Chronicle - Fri Nov 6, 7:47 pm ET
Now listen closely, commitment-phobes: Choosing between a small rug or a wall-to-wall carpet, a striking or subtle pattern can be tough. Best-case scenario: It brings a room's disparate parts together. Worst case: It draws the eye downward for the all wrong...