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Everest avalanche a reminder of annual risks Sherpas face

April 26, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Binaj Gurubacharya and Tim Sullivan Associated Press KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) – The rescuers moved quickly, minutes after the first block of ice tore loose from Mount Everest and started an avalanche that roared down the mountain on April 18, ripping through teams of guides hauling gear.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Dawa Dorje, Deputy Prime Minister Prakash Man Singh, Himalayan Times, International Mountain Guides, Jon Krakauer, KATMANDU, Maddhu Sunan Burlakoti, Mount Everest, Nepali Sherpas, Nima Tenzing, Norbu Tshering, Pasang Sherpa, Provide Rs, Rob Hall, SPCC, Vol 33 No 18 | April 26 - May 2

Researchers say they found world’s oldest Buddhist shrine

November 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Binaj Gurubacharya Associated Press KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) – Archeologists in Nepal say they have discovered traces of a wooden structure dating from the sixth century B.C. that they believe is the world’s oldest Buddhist shrine. Kosh Prasad Acharya, who teamed with archeologists from Britain’s Durham University, said Tuesday that the structure was unearthed inside the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, CE, Durham University, Indian Emperor Ashok, KATMANDU, Kosh Prasad Acharya, Nepal, Robin Coningham, Scotland, Siddhartha Gautama, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6

Nepal leader who helped end king’s rule dies at 86

March 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepal’s former prime minister who led mass protests that ended the king’s authoritarian rule and helped deliver a peace deal to end 10 years of communist revolt, died Saturday. He was 86 …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Deputy Prime Minister Sujata Koirala, Girija Prasad Koirala, KATMANDU, Nepali Congress, United Nations-monitored

Pink Everest: Nepal appeals for gay tourists

March 15, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

… the conservative Hindu nation wants a chunk of the multibillion dollar gay tourist market to help pull it out of poverty …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Aditya Baral, Ameet Dhakal, Blue Diamond Society, Dev Gurung, John Tanzella, KATMANDU, Mount Everest, Nepal Tourism Board, Pink Everest Nepal, Pink Mountain, Poet Usha Sherchan, Supreme Court, TV, Third Gender, Vishnu Adhikari, culture, poverty

Television executive shot to death in Nepal

February 11, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A television executive who owned Nepal’s first cable TV company was shot to death in a busy neighborhood in the country’s capital on Feb. 7, police said.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Bigyan Sharma, Channel Nepal, Jamin Shah, KATMANDU, Space Time Networks, TV, Vol 29 No 7 | February 13 - February 19

Strike cripples life in Nepal’s capital

June 18, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The communists claim it was a murder by a rival group. They are demanding the authorities quickly arrest those involved.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Communist Party, KATMANDU, Nepal, Young Communist League

Nepal’s prime minister resigns amid power struggle

May 9, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s prime minister resigned on Monday, May 4, amid a power struggle over his firing of the army chief, saying he was stepping down to “save the peace process” that had brought the Himalayan nation out of a bloody decade-long civil war.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Ameet Dhakal, Communist Party, Earlier Monday, Home Ministry, KATMANDU, Nath Sharma, Navin Ghimire, Nepali Congress, President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, vol 28 no 20 | May 9 - May 15

Buddha boy in Nepal re-emerges from the jungle

November 15, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A teenage boy whom many believe is the reincarnation of Buddha has re-emerged from the jungle in southern Nepal, attracting thousands of devotees, officials said Tuesday, Nov. 11.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, Abhaya Joshi, Enlightened One, India, KATMANDU, Nepal, Ram Bahadur Bamjan, Sangeeta Lama, Siddhartha Gautama, vol 27 no 47 | November 15 - 21

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