NEPAL: Peace process deadlock undermining development
IRIN - 50 minutes agoKATHMANDU, 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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‘Surrealist suburbanite'
The Montana Standard - Fri Dec 4, 3:20 am ETSteve Wellman, 49, describes himself as "a surrealist suburbanite." A husband and a father of two teenage boys, he lives in a 1960s-era home near the Butte Country Club. In a well-lit back room, more than a dozen projects lie in various stages of completion.
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NHPC Limited - Financial And Strategic Analysis Review - New Report Published
OfficialWire - 23 minutes agoThe "NHPC Limited - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review" is an in-depth business, strategic and financial analysis of NHPC Limited The report provides a comprehensive insight into the company, including business structure and operations, executive biographies and key competitors.
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Rasor Elementary students stacked up to the challenge of getting into the Guinness Book of World Records
Plano Courier - Fri Dec 4, 1:57 am ETIn 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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Lonely Planet names its top 10 destinations for 2010
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Thu Dec 3, 4:35 pm ETHot spots
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Airbus concludes bumper November with anonymous order for 52 A320s
Air Transport World - Fri Dec 4, 12:17 am ETIt 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.
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Nepal cabinet to meet in Everest's shadow
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 28, 5:00 am ETNepal'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.
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Vt. professor leads peace workshops in Nepal
Bennington Banner - Sun Nov 29, 8:01 am ETBRATTLEBORO -- 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.
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Spate of suicides by foreign maids in Lebanon sheds light on abuse
CNN - Wed Dec 2, 5:21 pm ETA 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.
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'Lotto Thief' Wanted Poster Issued
FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth - Thu Dec 3, 5:28 pm ETThe store clerk tricked Willis Willis out of a $1 million ticket, police say.
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Nepal tucks into first international fast-food chain
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 12:01 pm ETNepal'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.
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Nepal's Cabinet to meet at Everest in December
FOX 11 Tucson - Sun Nov 29, 7:32 am ETKATMANDU, 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.
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Winter Expeditions
The Cornell Daily Sun - Thu Dec 3, 2:42 am ETWinter 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.
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Photo of Suspected Lotto Thief Released
FOX 7 Austin - Thu Dec 3, 1:18 pm ETU.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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Gilani Says Pakistan, India Need Kashmir Accord for Peace
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 2, 10:00 pm ETDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan and India will achieve peace only with an accord on the disputed territory of Kashmir, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said as India’s government said it won’t hold talks until the government in Islamabad tackles terrorism.
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'Ponca City Collects' Opens at Art Center
The Ponca City News - Thu Dec 3, 11:31 am ET"Ponca City Collects," an exhibit of works selected from the private collections of persons living in the Ponca City area, opens with a Chocolate and Champagne Gala from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Ponca City Art Center. The exhibit runs through Dec. 31.
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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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