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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.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday launched a Network of Men Leaders to act as role models in the global campaign to end the "pandemic" of violence against women.
Many immigrants and refugees learned about an American Thanksgiving, making South Hills Interfaith Ministry's Thanksgiving dinner a new holiday tradition.
Lawyers for a man who authorities say had his $1 million lottery ticket stolen by a convenience store clerk petitioned a Travis County court on Tuesday to require Texas Lottery officials and others to answer questions under oath about the incident, a move aimed at gathering facts for a potential lawsuit.
In other news, International Television News reports on the inquiry into the United Kingdom's role in the Iraq war, and the Philippines were placed under emergency rule after election violence continued to escalate Tuesday.
Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Buying land for survivors of domestic violence in Uganda. Providing dozens of scholarships and meals for Malawi students. Training hundreds of women to be trekking guides in Nepal.
Joep C. de Jong has been appointed as Dutch education and training agency Van Harte & Lingsma's C.E.O. with effect from 1st November 2009. He was employed at British Telecom as their Learning Solutions Director for over eleven years prior to this.
CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal court has ruled that an execution set for Dec. 8 can go forward because of a change in Ohio's execution policies.
Proposed changes to the Cedar Rapids transit system would streamline the city’s bus routes and make it easier to reach more parts of town directly.
WASHINGTON—Rising sea levels due to global warming in the next few decades could put trillions of dollars in U.S. assets at risk, according to a report released Tuesday.
Tokyo - Stocks lost ground in Tuesday in Tokyo due to concerns about the state of government and private sector finances and the stronger yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 96.1 points, or 1.01 per cent, to end trading at 9,401.58. ...
Belgrade - Serbia blundered in the search for its most wanted fugitive war crimes suspect, Ratko Mladic, when it arrested his helpers years ago instead of trailing them, the country's prosecutor for war crimes said in an interview released Tuesday. A...
A Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers say.
