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Maoists blockade Nepal's capital

AFP - 32 minutes ago

Maoist activists on Tuesday blocked all roads in and out of Nepal's capital Kathmandu in the latest stage of a two-week protest against the government.

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From Reno to the world
Reno Gazette-Journal - Mon Nov 9, 4:45 am ET
In the next eight months, Alex and Cody Brill will probably see more of the world before they are teenagers than most people will see in a lifetime.
Teresa Schumaker: WACS thanks WSU
Winona Daily News - Mon Nov 9, 7:59 am ET
The Winona Area Catholic Schools have much to be thankful for. On Oct. 23, the Winona State University Cultural Outreach Program presented "Many Nations: One Family" to grades kindergarten through 6 at St. Stanislaus School.
Festival a connection to home
The Olympian - Mon Nov 9, 3:07 am ET
OLYMPIA – It takes two hours for Sarvani Eloheimo, 12, to don the colorful costume, apply the makeup and arrange the flowered headdress before she dances the orissa, a classical Indian dance.
Global Tourism Vacation Forum 2009 held in China, Shangri-la
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 9, 11:05 am ET
76 years ago, the British writer James Hilton wrote "Lost Horizon," a book of beautiful writing that depicted to the world an idyllic vacation resort paradise full of dreams and poetry -- Shangri-La.
Hundreds of Bhutanese refugees move to NH
Boston Globe - Sun Nov 8, 4:33 pm ET
More than 500 refugees resettled in New Hampshire over the past year, with more than 80 percent coming from the Asian nation of Bhutan.
Maldives wants poor nations to make carbon pledge
FOX 11 Tucson - Mon Nov 9, 5:18 am ET
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Developing nations should set an example for the world ahead of an international conference on climate change by pledging to become carbon neutral, the president of the Maldives said Monday.
WORLD TRAVEL WATCH
San Francisco Chronicle - Sun Nov 8, 3:40 am ET
1 China: Authorities launched a crackdown in far western Xinjiang province, where ethnic riots in July killed nearly 200 people. The government shut down long-distance phone lines and Internet access in the region and is hunting down people who took part in... Internet access - Long distance - Government - Telecommunications - Business
Large proportion of refugees Bhutanese
Concord Monitor - Mon Nov 9, 12:03 am ET
More than 500 refugees resettled in the state over the past year, with more than 80 percent coming from the Asian nation of Bhutan.
Suicide bomber kills mayor, nine more in Pakistan - Update
EARTHtimes.org - Sun Nov 8, 2:04 am ET
Islamabad - A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people, including a mayor, Sunday in troubled north-west Pakistan, police said. The attack took place outside a cattle market in the Adezai area, located 25 kilometres south-west of Peshawar, the capita...
Keeping warm
Brattleboro Reformer - Sun Nov 8, 9:21 pm ET
If you read last week’s column, you know that choosing the right long underwear can make all the difference in your comfort level when you are playing outdoors at this time of year. But even the best base layer can’t do it alone, especially when the weather turns nasty.
Sunset on the Beach returns Nov. 14
Honolulu Advertiser - Fri Nov 6, 8:47 pm ET
Honolulu, Hawaii — Sunset on the Beach Nov. 14-15 will feature "Life of a Child," a documentary about children in Nepal with type 1 diabetes; "Monsters vs. Aliens" and three films on Waikiki and hula.
Nepal on hold for festival
Hampton Union - Tue Nov 3, 2:08 am ET
Editor's note: Robynne Locke, a Seabrook native, is on a three-month odyssey of both personal discovery and unselfish giving in India and Nepal. Her chronicles of this journey taken to work with victims of the area's sex trade appears each Tuesday in the...
Europe's Mont Blanc shrinking, moving
The Washington Times - Fri Nov 6, 6:32 am ET
ANNECY, France (Agence France-Presse) | Western Europe's tallest peak, the snow-capped Alpine giant Mont Blanc, has shrunk by 18 inches in two years, experts said Thursday after an official survey. The new height of Mont Blanc, which lies on the three-way border of France, Italy and Switzerland, is now 15,782.3 feet, just over half that of Nepal's Mount Everest. The volume of snow and ice ...
Zigzag or Zig Zag rugs offer range of choices
San Francisco Chronicle - Sun Nov 8, 3:42 am ET
Now listen closely, commitment-phobes: Choosing between a small rug or a wall-to-wall carpet, a striking or subtle pattern can be tough. Best-case scenario: It brings a room's disparate parts together. Worst case: It draws the eye downward for the all wrong...
Gift giving doubles up for charity
The Signal - Sun Nov 8, 8:08 am ET
Canyon Country resident Jennifer Potter made quite a dent in her to-do list on Saturday. She finished almost all of her holiday shopping in less than an hour.