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Kathmandu - Nepal's cabinet held a meeting at the base camp of Mount Everest Friday to highlight the effects of climate change on the Himalayas ahead of the upcoming global climate summit in Copenhagen. Twenty-four ministers, including Prime Minister...
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Pankaj Joshi is accused of stealing a $1 million jackpot.
A 26-year-old doctor who exposed the torture of jailed protesters in Iran died of poisoning from a salad laced with blood pressure medication.
At a time when the job market is difficult and people are struggling to find jobs or even internships or volunteer opportunities, why is the Peace Corps now half the size it was in 1966?
In participating in the 2009 World Sport Stacking Association “Stack Up!” event on Nov. 12, More than 400 Rasor students joined thousands of other children from every U.S. state and 13 other countries with a common goal: to set a new world record for the most people sport stacking at multiple locations in one day.
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It turns out that a "better than expected" Dubai Airshow that featured an order for 12 A350-900s from Ethiopian Airlines was not the highlight of Airbus's November, which featured an order for 52 A320s from an undisclosed customer that pushed the manufacturer's total to 74 new aircraft for the month.
Nepal's cabinet will meet in the shadow of Mount Everest next week to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of UN climate talks in Copenhagen, officials said Saturday.
BRATTLEBORO -- Americans can learn a lot from the women of Nepal, said Paula Green, a professor at SIT (School for International Training) Graduate Institute, who travels to the Himalayan nation three times a year to teach workshops in how to build peace in post-conflict nations.
A recent spate of suicides by foreign maids in Lebanon is prompting outrage among human rights groups, who say the government is doing too little to protect migrant domestic workers from severe abuse.
The store clerk tricked Willis Willis out of a $1 million ticket, police say.
Nepal's first international fast-food restaurants opened in the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, reflecting the country's cautious attempts to attract more investment from Western companies.
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's government said Sunday it would hold a Cabinet meeting on Mount Everest on Dec. 4 to highlight the threat from global warming to glaciers in the Himalayas.
Winter break is fast approaching, with its bright holiday lights tempting us all at the end of the long dark tunnel that is finals week. Once in the company of family and friends, it’s all too easy to forget the dreary world of Cornell’s campus and unwind. However, the backlash of such a long break is nearly five weeks of likely unemployment and certain family obligations-overload.
U.S. Marshall's released a picture of the convience store clerk accused of stealing a winning lotto ticket from a customer earlier this year.
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