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NEWS ABOUT: Kathmandu

Kathmandu stories: 9 news summaries

 Nepal Suffers 
 Shortage of 
 Sacrificial 
 Goats 

Country running short of goats ahead of major Hindu festival

Sep 16, 09 3:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Baa-ad news. Nepal is facing a severe shortage of sacrificial goats ahead of one of the Hindu calendar's biggest festivals, the BBC reports. Officials are searching the countryside for as many as 4,000 goats to buy and bring to Kathmandu ahead of the Dashain festival, in which goats are... More »

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Nepal • goats • Kathmandu • Hindus • sacrifice

(Newser) - Nepal's once-pristine natural beauty has been ravaged by years of civil war, neglect, and corruption, the Washington Post reports. Dangerous levels of pollution now cloud Kathmandu, forcing many residents to wear masks. Even the top of Mount Everest is marred by litter left behind by generations of climbers, and many... More »

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environment • pollution • tourism • Nepal • air pollution • Mount Everest • Kathmandu

 18 Killed in Everest Plane Crash 

German, Swiss tourists killed after Nepali flight crash-lands

Oct 8, 08 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A small tourist plane has crashed on Mt. Everest, killing 18 passengers and crew, AFP reports. Most of the passengers on the Yeti airlines flight from Kathmandu to Lukla were German tourists, officials said. Two Swiss nationals and five Nepalis were also on the passenger manifest. Witnesses said the plane... More »

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plane crash • Nepal • Mount Everest • Kathmandu



 Nepal Names 
 New Living 
 Goddess 

Three-year-old will leave family to live in temple

Oct 7, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new 3-year-old “living goddess” has been named in Nepal, Reuters reports, and she took up her post today, clad in red and gold, in an ornate 15th century temple in Kathmandu. Matina Shakya has left her family to live as the Kumari, appearing in a window to be... More »

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Nepal • Kathmandu • Living Goddess

GLOSSIES

 Sacred History
 Resonates in
 Kathmandu

Traditional building practices coexist with global trade in Nepal's capital

Aug 17, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Decades of restoration have kept up the medieval splendor of a region long hidden from the world: Kathmandu Valley. Started by Germany in the 1960s and later spearheaded by a Harvard professor, the repairs have maintained many of the area's stupas and pagodas, Lucinda Lambton writes for Vanity Fair—... More »

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architecture • UNESCO • Nepal • restoration • Kathmandu • preservation • tradition

 Nepal Detains
 560 Tibetan Women 

Cracks down on 3 all-female protests against China

May 11, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nepalese authorities today arrested 560 Tibetan women, including Buddhist nuns, for protesting China's actions in three all-female rallies across Kathmandu. They marked the first protests of their kind, and the largest round-up since China's crackdown in the region in March; the prisoners will be freed later. Nepal, home to 20,... More »

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protests • Nepal • Tibet • Buddhist nuns • Kathmandu • Tibetans in exile • Tibetan protesters

 Tibetans Storm Chinese
 Embassy in Nepal 

200 protesters detained, including monks and nuns

May 8, 08 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 300 Tibetan protesters, many of them monks and nuns, stormed the Chinese embassy in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu today. The demonstrators threw debris into the embassy compound and tried to break down the gates. "We want our freedom. Stop China!" they chanted. Some 200 protesters... More »

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China • Nepal • Tibet • Kathmandu • Tibetan protesters

Nepal OKs Deadly Force
Against Torch Protesters

 Flame will ascend Everest next month

Apr 20, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nepal has plans for protesters intent on disrupting the Olympic flame's ascent up Mount Everest, the AP reports. An official today authorized the use of deadly force "to stop any protest on the mountain using whatever means necessary." Climbers are scheduled to reach the summit in the border... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Nepal • Tibet • Himalayas • Olympic torch • Mount Everest • Kathmandu • Olympic protests

Nepal Bridge Fails; 200 Missing

15 bodies recovered after suspension span collapses

Dec 25, 07 1:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Nepalese rescuers were searching into the night for about 200 people who plummeted into a swirling river when a suspension bridge collapsed. Another 15 bodies have been recovered, and 32 were taken to nearby hospitals. Up to 1,000 Hindu pilgrims were on the bridge when it failed in a... More »

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bridge collapse • Nepal • Himalayas • Hindu • Kathmandu • religious pilgrims • religious festival • Bheri River • suspension bridge

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