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Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Nepal’s Maoists interrupted strikes that are choking industrial output in the Himalayan nation after the party’s leader met with the prime minister in an effort to end a standoff over the integration of former rebels into the army.
Nepal's top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks Friday 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 U.N. climate-change talks.
Hundreds of protesters torched vehicles and vandalized shops in western Nepal on Saturday after three people died in clashes between police and illegal forest settlers, a human rights group said, amid heightened political...
A Nepalese Buddhist monk performs religious rituals to pray for the protection of earth from climate change and negative impact of global warming on Himalayas, in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Scientists say the Himalayan glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, creating lakes with walls that could burst and flood villages below.
Editor's note: For the past three months, Seabrook native Robynne Locke has been traveling through India and Nepal working with victims of the area's sex trafficking trade. She has been sharing her stories with Hampton Union readers back home each week,...
SYANGBOCHE, Nepal — Nepal’s top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks Friday and held a Cabinet meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the danger global warming poses to glaciers.
Tensions erupted when the police tried to remove thousands of squatters in a forest in Kailali District, about 400 miles west of the capital, Katmandu.
Allison Brown decided to create a business dedicated to preserving and restoring traditional Lao buildings.
Nepal's top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks and held a Cabinet meeting amid the frigid, thin air of Mount Everest to highlight the danger global warming poses to glaciers. Mount Everest - GlobalWarming - Nepal - Mountaineering - Environment
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Australian companies seeking cash for takeovers will account for a bigger share of local equity fundraising next year as firms emerging from the financial crisis step up acquisitions, UBS AG said.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Nepal’s Cabinet meets at the Mount Everest base camp today to highlight how climate change is shrinking Himalayan glaciers and threatening rivers essential to agriculture and development in China, India and Pakistan.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Nepal’s Cabinet met at the Mount Everest base camp today to highlight how climate change is shrinking Himalayan glaciers and threatening rivers essential to agriculture and development in China, India and Pakistan.
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and his Cabinet met Friday on Mount Everest to highlight the adverse impact of climate change on the Himalayas.
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SYANGBOCHE, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's government calls it the world's highest Cabinet meeting.
Former Peace Corps volunteer Paul Thompson is still out to change the world.
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