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  • April 2008

    • Nepal OKs Deadly Force Against Torch Protesters

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 20, 08 4:35 PM CDT

      Nepal OKs Deadly Force Against Torch Protesters

      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 region between Nepal and Tibet early next month. More »

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

  • March 2008

    • India to Help US Hunt Lost WWII Crews

      newser  |  Military Times  |  Mar 20, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      India to Help US Hunt Lost WWII Crews

      US bomber crews that went missing in the Himalayas during World War II may be recovered after more than six decades, reports the Military Times . While experts have long identified potential crash sites, the US military has been unable to access the dangerous border region between India, China, and Burma. Now, India is close to allowing a US-led expedition in. More »

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      China  • India  • World War II  • missing person  • POW  • Himalayas  • MIA

  • December 2007

    • Nepal Bridge Fails; 200 Missing

      newser  |  CNN  |  Dec 25, 07 1:04 PM CST

      Nepal Bridge Fails; 200 Missing

      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 remote part of Nepal. Most swam to safety after the 100-foot plunge. More »

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      bridge collapse  • Nepal  • Himalayas  • Hindu  • Kathmandu  • religious pilgrims

    • Sherpas Navigate Big Apple Canyons

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Dec 3, 07 10:49 AM CST

      Sherpas Navigate Big Apple Canyons

      When a 10-year civil war drove tourists and climbers out of Nepal, the Sherpas who catered to them also left in droves, and many wound up in New York driving cabs. The taxis offer not only a livelihood but also fewer risks. "I stopped extreme climbing for my own safety," says Tsering Norbu Sherpa, a descendant of Tensing Norgay. ABC News goes along for the ride. More »

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      New York City  • immigrant  • Nepal  • Mount Everest  • Himalayas  • cabdrivers

  • August 2007

    • Smog Cloud Menaces Asia

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Aug 3, 07 1:34 PM CDT

      Smog Cloud Menaces Asia

      An enormous cloud of smog over southern Asia threatens 2 billion people with flooding and drought, a new study shows. The "Asian Brown Cloud" is melting Himalayan glaciers, the Times of London reports, and the resulting floods will menace heavily populated downstream areas. And the cloud's driving up temperatures in the Himalayas at twice the rate predicted by global warming. More »

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      global warming  • flood  • pollution  • Asia  • air pollution  • drought  • glacier  • smog  • Himalayas

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