tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58141990068158579752024-11-05T18:43:48.545-08:00Pbchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05738228828559931343noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814199006815857975.post-29492935750169085432010-07-31T23:35:00.000-07:002010-07-31T23:35:03.874-07:00<div style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">KATHMANDU, Nepal, July 31 (UPI) -- A bus careened into a ravine in Nepal Saturday, killing at least nine people, Nepal News reported.</div><div style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">The news agency said six other people were critically injured.</div><div style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">The accident occurred as the vehicle was traveling from Bulingtar to Daldale in Nepal's Nawalparasi district.</div><div style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">It wasn't known what caused the bus to leave the road.</div>Pbchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05738228828559931343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814199006815857975.post-40998982571691576782010-07-31T19:00:00.001-07:002010-07-31T19:10:18.881-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Khukuris are used by the US Navy seals and this demonstration video shows how good the khukuri really is.&nbsp;</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> <br /> <object height="300" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bwS9bV5X488&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bwS9bV5X488&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span>Pbchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05738228828559931343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814199006815857975.post-37057888057192548802010-07-31T18:58:00.001-07:002010-07-31T19:06:45.057-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/business-a-economy/6138-farmers-set-up-first-human-urine-bank-for-better-harvest.html">First Human Urine Bank in Nepal</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">" in Siddhipur near Kathmandu is selling human urine at the rate of Rs.1 per liter. Farmers are encouraged to buy and use human urine to improve the fertility of the soil and obtain higher agricultural yields.&nbsp;</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, in Chitwan, a <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/2010/07/24/features/a-toilet-revolution/319097/">toilet revolution</a> is taking place. Sewa Nepal, a local NGO is offering people money to use their toilet. You get paid 1 rupee for peeing in their toilet. They convert the collected urine into fertilizers for the villagers around.&nbsp;</div><br /> Is urine import/export going to be the next big business venture in Nepal?</span>Pbchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05738228828559931343noreply@blogger.com