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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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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Suspected lotto thief's photo released
KXAN 36 Austin - Thu Dec 3, 12:16 pm ETThe U.S. Marshals Office has released a photo of the convenience store clerk accused of stealing a customer’s $1 million lottery ticket.
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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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12-03-09 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE
Eurweb - Thu Dec 3, 8:37 am ETTIGER'S CRASH DAMAGE TALLIED: Golfer will owe about $600 for the smashed hydrant. *The total amount of property damage caused by Tiger Woods' car accident will end up being about $600, far less than the initial $3200 suggested in a six-page report released Wednesday by the Florida Highway Patrol.
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VHS holds holiday food drive
The Ithaca Journal - Thu Dec 3, 8:06 am ETThe Vestal High School Interact Club recently kicked off its holiday food drive in conjunction with its mentoring organization, the Vestal Rotary International. Students will compete between first-period classes to bring in the most canned goods.
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Playing On the edge ... and lovin' it
The Olympian - Thu Dec 3, 2:57 am ETThose who love to climb mountains and those who'd rather just see them from the freeway can experience a world of high-altitude adventure and culture this weekend - and they can do it right here in Olympia.
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School Notes
Wilmette Life - Thu Dec 3, 6:55 am ETHighcrest School
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BANGLADESH: Over half of all children living in poverty
IRIN - Thu Dec 3, 6:45 am ETDHAKA, 3 December 2009 (IRIN) - Over half of Bangladesh's children are living in poverty and there is widespread deprivation amongst them in the basic areas of food, sanitation and shelter, with limited ability to escape their circumstances, according to experts.
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Too costly, so India scraps rivers inter-linking project
EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 3, 5:01 am ETNew Delhi—Quoting huge cost factor, the Indian government has scrapped the ambitious project to inter-link major rivers, which was seen as a means to control frequent floods and droughts that ravage the country in different parts the country each year.
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200,000 animals to be sacrificed at Nepal festival
Asheville Citizen-Times - Sat Nov 28, 2:22 pm ETKATMANDU, NEPAL — Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.
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EUR DVD REVIEW: Playing for Change
Eurweb - Thu Dec 3, 3:09 am ET*The first time Mark Johnson heard Roger Ridley singing "Stand by Me," he was so moved by the passion in the elderly black man's voice, he wanted to share it with the world.
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Topping out on climate change
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