NEPAL: Peace process deadlock undermining development
IRIN - Fri Dec 4, 5:45 am ETKATHMANDU, 4 December 2009 (IRIN) - A deadlock in Nepal's peace process is threatening development and stability in the country, say aid workers and analysts.
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KATHMANDU, 4 December 2009 (IRIN) - A deadlock in Nepal's peace process is threatening development and stability in the country, say aid workers and analysts.
SYANGBOCHE, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's government calls it the world's highest Cabinet meeting.
What's Your Reaction? SYANGBOCHE, Nepal — A group of Nepalese ministers reached the Mount Everest region Thursday for a Cabinet meeting being billed as the highest ever – a stunt meant to highlight the threat global warming poses to Himalayan glaciers.
The stunt by Nepalese ministers was meant to highlight the danger global warming poses to its glaciers.
Nepalese ministers arrived Thursday in Lukla, one of the main towns in the Everest region, ahead of a high-altitude cabinet meeting to stress the impact of global warming on the Himalayas.
Kathmandu, Nov 30 (PTI) The UN rights watchdog today asked the Nepal government to end the culture of impunity and punish those involved in human rights violations both during and after the decade-long civil war in the country.
Nepalese ministers began arriving Thursday in Lukla, one of the main towns in the Everest region, ahead of a high-altitude cabinet meeting to stress the impact of global warming on the Himalayas.
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Photos and story by Lars Howlett Hunkered down at 16,000 feet above sea level, in the modest village of Lobuche, trekkers on the KarmaQuest expedition to Nepal were quick to bed but slow to sleep. By 7 p.m., almost all were zipped up in their sleeping bags, with only one or two remaining members still huddling in the common room around the faint warmth of a stove burning yak dung.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Nepal’s Cabinet issued a declaration on climate change after an outdoor meeting in the shadow of Mount Everest, in a region where shrinking glaciers threaten rivers essential to development in China, India and Pakistan.
(Corrects date of Maldives meeting in seventh paragraph.) Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Nepal’s Cabinet met at the Mount Everest base camp to highlight how climate change is shrinking Himalayan glaciers and threatening rivers essential to agriculture and development in China, India and Pakistan.
SYANGBOCHE, Nepal — Nepal’s top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks today and held a Cabinet meeting amid Mount Everest’s frigid, thin air to highlight the danger global warming poses to glaciers, ahead of next week’s international climate change talks. The government billed the stunt as the world’s highest Cabinet meeting. The ministers, wearing yellow oxygen masks and purple sashes reading ...
The Giving Tree Band, along with Princeton's Jared Bartman, will play a benefit concert at the Prairie Arts Center at 7 p.m. today, Saturday, to benefit orphanages in Nepal. The Giving Tree Band, which plays rock music on acoustic instruments, is also a leader in sustainable energy, and recorded an album last year using only solar energy.
Pankaj Joshi is accused of stealing a $1 million jackpot. But you probably won't find him unless you're in Nepal.
Climate change is melting glaciers high in the Himalayas, threatening crucial water resources for much of Asia -- and giving us a convincing reason to fight it
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Nepal’s Cabinet will meet at the Mount Everest base camp this week to draw attention to the threat of climate change from melting glaciers and government efforts to protect the Himalayan environment.