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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Nepal holds world's highest Cabinet meeting at Mt. Everest on climate
FOX 11 Tucson - Fri Dec 4, 11:48 am ETSYANGBOCHE, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's government calls it the world's highest Cabinet meeting.
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Nepal To Hold Highest Cabinet Meeting Near Everest
The Huffington Post - Thu Dec 3, 4:16 pm ETWhat'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.
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Nepal Holds World's Highest Cabinet Meeting, Literally
US News & World Report - Fri Dec 4, 11:52 am ETThe stunt by Nepalese ministers was meant to highlight the danger global warming poses to its glaciers.
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Nepal ministers gather for Everest meeting
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 6:47 am ETNepalese 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.
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'Nepal must end impunity for rights violators'
INDOlink - Mon Nov 30, 9:18 pm ETKathmandu, 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.
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Nepal ministers gather for Everest meet
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 1:45 am ETNepalese 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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Aradial's RADIUS/AAA Mediation System Goes Live at Nepal Telecom
redOrbit - Wed Dec 2, 2:15 pm ETTORONTO, December 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Aradial (http://www.aradial.com), a global provider of RADIUS server/AAA and policy control solutions for IP service providers (including WiMAX, Internet, Wi-Fi, VoIP and mobile data), today announced that a new billing and CRM solution went live at Nepal Telecom, Nepal's largest telecommunications operator. The solution is the ...
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One step at a time
Half Moon Bay Review - Fri Dec 4, 1:26 pm ETPhotos 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.
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Nepalese Government Holds Meeting Near Mount Everest (Update2)
Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 5:21 am ETDec. 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.
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Nepalese Cabinet Holds Meeting at Base of Everest (Correct)
Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 4:25 am ET(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.
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Cabinet meeting in the clouds Nepalese gather at Mount Everest
The Wenatchee World - Fri Dec 4, 4:03 pm ETSYANGBOCHE, 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 ...
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Benefit concert
Bureau County Republican - Fri Dec 4, 4:11 pm ETThe 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.
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Lottery ticket theft suspect now on wanted poster
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Fri Dec 4, 1:08 am ETPankaj Joshi is accused of stealing a $1 million jackpot. But you probably won't find him unless you're in Nepal.
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Climate Change: The Tragedy of the Himalayas
Time Magazine - Fri Dec 4, 4:39 pm ETClimate 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
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Nepal Cabinet to Meet at Everest Over Climate Change (Update1)
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 30, 12:20 pm ETNov. 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.
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Topping out on climate change
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Festival of mass animal sacrifice under way in Nepal
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Mass animal sacrifice in Nepal
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World's 'biggest animal sacrifice' held in Nepal
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Mass protest in Nepal
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