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NEWS ABOUT: Nepal

Nepal stories: 32 news summaries

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 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

(AP) - Guards hired by the State Department to protect diplomats and staff at the US embassy in Afghanistan live and work in a Lord of the Flies environment in which they are subjected to hazing and humiliation by supervisors, a government oversight group says. In a 10-page letter to Hillary Clinton,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • India • Kabul • abuse • Nepal • US Embassy • nude

(Newser) - Hundreds of women marched through Kathmandu yesterday to protest a government plan to offer $600 to anybody who marries a widow, the Independent reports. The government says the scheme will help overcome social stigmas attached to widowhood, but the women say it is insulting and warn that it will lead... More »

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women • protests • Nepal • human trafficking • widows • women's issues

(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

 'Typing Difficxult': 
 Climber Tweets 
 From Everest 

Irish mountaineer expected to summit today

May 19, 09 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - He calls it the "highest blog in the world": Gavin Bate, an Irish mountain climber, has been scaling Mount Everest for the past month, sending 140-character updates on his progress via Twitter. Today he's expected to reach the summit, where he'll try to post several sponsored tweets to raise... More »

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Nepal • Himalayas • Mount Everest • Twitter • microblogging

 Abuse of 
 Child 'Witches' 
 Burgeoning 

Growing number of kids suspected of witchcraft worldwide

May 18, 09 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Children dubbed “witches” are facing increasing abuse in Nigeria and elsewhere, advocates say. “They would take my clothes off, tie me up and beat me,” said a 14-year-old, whose grandfather concluded he was a “witch” 2 years ago when he cried at the threat of being... More »

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torture • Nigeria • child abuse • Nepal • witchcraft • witches • beatings

Royal Murders Continue to Haunt Nepal

New regime reopens probe into 8-year-old palace massacre

Apr 8, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to cover up their own difficulties, the Maoist rebels-turned-rulers who govern Nepal have relaunched a probe into the royal massacre that helped bring them to power, Time reports. The incident 8 years ago—the crown prince killed the king and nine other relatives before taking his own... More »

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royalty • massacre • Nepal • Maoists • Gyanendra • Birendra • Crown Prince Paras

 Himalaya Adventurers 
 Find 'Yeti Tracks' 

Traces aren't animal, experts say, 'look human'

Oct 20, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The legendary abominable snowman of the Himalayas remains camera-shy, but a Japanese team has made a breakthrough, discovering what the lead researcher says are yeti footprints. "Myself and other team members have been coming to the Himalayas for years and we can recognize bear, deer, wolf and snow leopard... More »

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Japan • Nepal • Tibet • Himalayas • yeti • abominable snowman • Yoshiteru Takahashi

 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

 Skydivers Jump From Everest 

Trio spends 15 years, $24K for 29,500-ft. leap from world's highest peak

Oct 5, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three skydivers bounded into record books today, completing the first parachute jump from Mt. Everest, the BBC reports. “It was amazing, just spectacular,” gushed one adventurer, who, along with her fellow divers, shelled out $24,000 each and 15 years of planning on the 29,500-foot leap. The... More »

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Nepal • Himalayas • skydiving • Mt. Everest

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

Piglets-for-Girls Bargain Saves Thousands

Nepalese spared from slavery, sent to school by non-profit program

Jul 22, 08 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - An American’s plan to keep poor Nepalese families from selling daughters into slavery by offering them pigs has saved thousands of girls in the Himalayan country, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The non-profit founded by Olga Murray gives pigs (which, grown, fetch the same $35-75 buyers would pay for... More »

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poverty • Nepal • pig • indentured servitude • girl slaves • Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation • Olga Murray

 Nepal to Become a Republic 

People celebrate as monarchy ends

May 28, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nepal is becoming a democratic republic today—and it's getting its first taste of democracy's hiccups. As thousands gathered in the streets of Kathmandu to celebrate, the newly-elected constitutional assembly met to abolish the country’s monarchy. But the momentous vote has been delayed a few hours over disagreements about... More »

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democracy • monarchy • Nepal • republic • Nepalese elections

 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 Boots 
 Pro-Tibet US Climber 

American banned from Everest for two years over protest banner

Apr 29, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nepal deported an American climber yesterday, the Times of India reports, after police at a Mount Everest base camp found a pro-Tibetan banner in his backpack. Nepal, staunchly pro-China, has enacted restrictions—and authorized security forces to use guns—to prevent protests when the Olympic torch ascends the world's tallest... More »

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China • Nepal • Tibet • Olympic torch • Mount Everest • protesters

Carter Wants US to End Pariah Diplomacy

Ex-president says isolation has failed, touts Hamas progress

Apr 28, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US needs to put its failed “pariah diplomacy” strategy out to pasture, writes Jimmy Carter in today’s New York Times. By ostracizing its enemies, the US is making it unlikely they will moderate their policies. “The path to peace lies in negotiation, not isolation,”... More »

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diplomacy • Jimmy Carter • Hamas • Nepal • Nepalese elections

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 Set to Abolish
240-Year-Old
Monarchy

Voters out in droves for first election in 9 years

Apr 10, 08 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Voting is under way in Nepal's parliamentary elections, where citizens of the Himalayan nation are expected to endorse parties that will oust the 240-year-old monarchy, reports AFP. UN observers have commended a high turnout despite eight deaths in protests ahead of today's polling, the centerpiece of a peace deal between... More »

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Jimmy Carter • democracy • monarchy • Nepal • Maoists • Gyanendra • Nepalese elections

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