Paddy conquers Everest
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-23 16:34:52 -0700 | political-news
Death has not stopped adventurer Paddy Freaney reaching the summit of Mt Everest. At 10.58am yesterday (NZ time), Freaney and wife Rochelle Rafferty stood atop the highest peak on earth. Rafferty is now only the fifth New Zealand woman to...
Mount Everest Record Broken
Source: Fox
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-22 22:35:45 -0700 | political-news
Nepal An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest -- although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his...
Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
Source: The Boston Globe
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-23 21:30:27 -0700 | political-news
Nepal (AP) An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest, a Nepali official and Miura's Tokyo-based support team said. Yuichiro Miura, who also conquered the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) peak when he was...
The Buddha's Service to Humankind
Source: Asian Tribune
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-22 18:10:36 -0700 | political-news
19 editor According to most religions, a great teacher appears periodically on earth. The Jewish religion and Christianity teach the advent of prophets and a messiah...Hinduism teaches the main and secondary incarnations of Vishnu or Shiva.
Lack of financial aid hampers Nepalese entrepreneurs
Source: United Press International
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-22 15:30:25 -0700 | political-news
Clad in yellow, Shila Nepali, 43, arranges her handmade tea mats, table mats and floor mats among the 300 stalls lined up in the heart of Kathmandu, Nepal's capital. She says she traveled by bus to this craft exhibition from...
Hamilton Zoo's panda trio named (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-21 22:21:06 -0700 | political-news
Hamilton Zoo's panda trio named Hamilton City Council, Fuseworks May 22, 2013, 4:07 pm The country's cutest red panda trio at Hamilton Zoo have now been named! The pandas are now known by the Nepalese names of Nima (sun), Karma...
Gan looking forward to quality time with family
Source: The Star
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-21 17:49:35 -0700 | political-news
After months of preparations and a gruelling campaigning period, Kota Melaka MCA youth deputy chief Ronald Gan can't wait to relax and spend quality time with his family. He and his family will be going to Kathmandu, Nepal, during the...
Nepal slams climber's 'illegal' call from Mount Everest- Montana hiker dies in Yosemite rock ...
Source: Fox
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-21 07:33:20 -0700 | political-news
Published May 21, 2013 FoxNews.com A mountaineer is reportedly under fire from the Nepalese government for his "illegal" call from the top of Mount Everest. British climber Daniel Hughes called the BBC for a live video interview from the summit...
Bangladeshi, South Korean climbers die on Everest
Source: DAWN
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-21 03:41:30 -0700 | political-news
A climber from Bangladesh and another from South Korea have died on Mount Everest as hundreds flock to the world's highest peak during good weather, Nepalese tourism officials said Tuesday. Both men died while descending from the summit on Monday,...
Army clerk arrested for alleged links with Pak's ISI
Source: The Hindustan Times
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-20 11:16:53 -0700 | political-news
The Darjeeling Police on Monday arrested one Mani Kumar Biswakarma from Panighatta under the Kurseong sub division for his alleged links with the Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan. Biswakarma is an Upper Division Clerk with the Army in Sukna...
Everest maxes out on tourists who pay up to $50,000 to climb the world's tallest peak
Source: Mail Online UK
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-23 22:29:26 -0700 | political-news
19 May 2013 It may be the tallest mountain on Earth, but conquering Everest is increasingly becoming an achievable aim due to the growth of inexperienced 'hobby climbers' who flock to the daunting peak. Critics say too many people are...
China ‘crushing' Tibetan dissident groups in Nepal
Source: The Economic Times
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-19 01:24:52 -0700 | political-news
Wary of dissident Tibetan groups making Nepal a hub for their anti-China activities, Beijing appears to have taken to squeezing the Himalayan nation on the issue by using its development initiatives there as a counter-pressure tactic. China, which already boasts...
Hun Sen, Fidel Ramos arrive in Makassar
Source: The Jakarta Post
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-19 01:02:16 -0700 | political-news
People's Welfare Coordinating Minister Agung Laksono will officially open the conference, scheduled to take place in Aryaduta Hotel, Makassar, from May 20 to 21. A special staff of former Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Egy Massadiah, said as quoted by Antara...
The pyjama-clad hero robbed of Everest glory: The bizarre story of the genius who helped Hillary to ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-18 17:56:48 -0700 | political-news
Without Pugh, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay would never have reached the summit. So it is all the more regrettable that his role was largely ignored in the official history written by expedition leader Colonel John Hunt. Even Pugh's...
More Hindus migrating to the US than ever: Study
Source: Zee News
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-23 22:37:13 -0700 | political-news
The number of Hindus migrating to the US every year has more than doubled in the last one decade, with an overwhelming majority of them coming from India, a new study released on Friday said. An average of about 30,000...
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