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Kathmandu, Nov 30 (PTI) The UN rights watchdog today asked the Nepal government to end the culture of impunity and punish those involved in human rights violations both during and after the decade-long civil war in the country.
COEUR d'ALENE -- Kristen Zipperer's university studies are taking place in a very large, very crowded classroom this year. Since June, the 2007 Lake City High School graduate has been living and learning in Lucknow, a city of more than 2 million people in north India.
On Veterans Day 2009, wearing his World War II U.S. Marine uniform, Sgt. Maj. Merlin Steele introduced Roger Lonning, member and guest speaker at the Kiwanis Golden K II meeting. Lonning, with the assistance of Melvin Hobbiebrunken and Bob Pleiss, demonstrated the flag folding ceremony.
The Marine Corps Osprey, an unwieldy contraption that flies like an airplane but lands like a helicopter, raced through the sky before it slowed to a hover and alighted several hundred yards from this tiny village.
Kabir Jung Rana is a Nepalese bank clerk by profession, but this week he took a break to butcher buffalo at the world's biggest animal sacrifice.
The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering...
The cranberry sauce aroused suspicion. The jambalaya and pumpkin pie required explanation.
Deg Adhikari, formerly of Sector C/2, hut No. 55, Beldangi-II camp, Nepal, moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Aurora two months ago.been told it is not safe to go out at night.
BRATTLEBORO -- Most Americans take Thanksgiving for granted as a time to get together with family, enjoy a big meal and watch some football.
Imagine after walking hours to the only school available within a 50-mile radius you crowd yourself into a building wrecked by a landslide with your other 80 classmates. This scene might sound like what we expect from a documentary about the poor lives of children in developing countries; but, in fact, these children feel truly grateful to participate in this daily ritual.
A locally owned store promoting fair trade practices is helping thousands of poor and needy around the world, but it faces one big problem: the economy.
BARIYAPUR, Nepal, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Hindus went to Bariyapur, Nepal, to attend a festival featuring what is believed to be the world's largest animal sacrifice, attending priests said.
Tickets go on sale Friday for a special Bozeman preview of the feature documentary “The Wildest Dream,” the story of renowned local mountain climber Conrad Anker’s quest to solve the mystery of the disappearance of George Mallory on Mount Everest.
International envoys to Nepal said Friday they are "increasingly concerned" by the slow progress in the country's peace process, three years after the end of a bloody, decade-long civil war.
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Hindus gathered at a temple in Nepal 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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