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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Aradial's RADIUS/AAA Mediation System Goes Live at Nepal Telecom
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 2, 12:22 pm ETAradial , a global provider of RADIUS server/AAA and policy control solutions for IP service providers , today announced that a new billing and CRM solution went live at Nepal Telecom, Nepal's largest telecommunications operator.
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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 - 7 minutes agoSYANGBOCHE, 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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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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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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Nepalese cabinet holds Everest meeting
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 12:30 pm ETNepalese ministers equipped with oxygen tanks battled freezing temperatures to meet in the shadow of Mount Everest on Friday to highlight the impact of climate change on the Himalayas.
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Climate Change: The Tragedy of the Himalayas
Time Magazine - Fri Dec 4, 12:39 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’s Cabinet to Meet at Base of Everest on Climate Change
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 30, 8:55 am ETNov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Nepal’s Cabinet will meet at the Mount Everest base camp this week to draw attention to the threat from climate change and the government’s efforts to protect the Himalayan environment.
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Wanted poster issued for clerk in alleged lotto theft
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Thu Dec 3, 12:11 pm ETAuthorities say the clerk may have fled to his native Nepal to avoid prosecution.
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UK University to probe integrity of climate data
Idaho State Journal - Thu Dec 3, 2:09 pm ETTrekkers walk in the backdrop of the 8850 meters Mount Everest, white peak seen left, at Syangboche, a town 3900 meters above sea level, in Nepal, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. 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. (AP Photo/Gemunu ...
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Obama weighing second trip to climate summit
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 4, 1:01 pm ETWashington - US President Barack Obama is weighing the possibility of making a second trip to the climate change summit in Copenhagen this month, a senior aide said Friday. The White House was discussing whether Obama should return for the final days...
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Climate change highlighted at alternative Nobel awards ceremony
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 4, 12:46 pm ETStockholm - Climate change and illegal rainforest logging were highlighted Friday at an awards gala in the Swedish parliament for winners of the 2009 Right Livelihood Awards, often called the alternative Nobel Prize. We are facing a global climate d...
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Nepalese cabinet to hold Everest meeting
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 10:46 pm ETNepalese ministers prepared Friday to fly to a remote mountain plateau in the shadow of Everest for a high-altitude cabinet meeting to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas.
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Polanski set to begin house arrest in Swiss Alpine resort
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 4, 6:17 am ETGstaad, Switzerland - Dozens of reporters and the residents of Swiss ski resort Gstaad were Friday awaiting the arrival of the town's most prominent resident, 76-year-old star director Roman Polanski, due to begin a house arrest in the early afternoo...
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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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