tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29466898845417240792024-12-18T19:28:38.644-08:00DAILY NEWSPAPERNeel Pathakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06147804678148956907noreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946689884541724079.post-37756190743831038002014-02-07T04:36:00.002-08:002014-02-07T04:36:56.257-08:00

Japan 's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe headed to Russia on Friday in a show of support for President Vladimir Putin at the Sochi Olympics, just hours after headlining a rally demanding that Moscow return islands seized from Japan . Abe's trip to attend the Games and hold his fifth summit with Putin since taking office 13 months ago, despite the seven-decade territorial dispute, stands in marked

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The number of drug users has doubled in the past six years with more than two-thirds of users below the age of 30, a government report said. The Current Hard Drug Users in Nepal - 2012 survey, conducted by the Ministry of Home Affairs, has shown there were 91,534 narcotic drug users in 2012, of which 70,390 were between the ages of 20-24. “More than three-quarters (81.2 percent) of drug

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South Korea will strike back quickly if the North stages any attack on its territory, the new president in Seoul warned on Monday, as tensions ratcheted higher on the Korean peninsula amid shrill rhetoric from Pyongyang and the U.S. deployment of radar-evading fighter planes. North Korea says the region is on the brink of a nuclear war in the wake of United Nations sanctions imposed for its

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The government has unveiled an ambitious Immediate Governance and Economic Action Plan-2012, incorporating 200 important initiatives under 15 important public sectors. The 23-page plan, endorsed by the Cabinet last week, aims at high growth rate and promotion of good governance, while helping people reap benefits, a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said. The plan set out

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The alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks told the Guantanamo courtroom on Wednesday that the U.S. government had killed many more people in the name of national security than he is accused of killing. Khalid Sheik Mohammed was allowed to address the court at a pretrial hearing focused on security classification rules for evidence that will be used in his trial on charges of

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Sharada Ghimire of Shantinagar, Kathmandu has plans of purchasing at least six kgs of meat for Dashain . She has already ‘booked’ the meat at her local butcher shop and will soon buy the meat and store it in her refrigerator. “It saves me the time and effort of going out every time guests arrive,” she said. Hundreds of thousands of animals are slaughtered every Dashain . Urban residents,

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In late October, two 18-year-old men from the Welsh city of Cardiff were arrested on Kenya's border with war-torn Somalia. The father of one of them told the BBC he believed his son had been "brainwashed" and was on his way to join an Islamic holy war. Kenyan authorities quickly sent the two Britons -- one of Somali ancestry, one of south Asian descent -- back to&

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KATHMANDU, NOV 02 -The much-awaited deal that the parties struck on Tuesday evening, charting out a time-bound action plan on completing the peace process, was a result of a series of formal and informal talks between the leaders of the major political parties over the past few months.Though the parties had agreed in principle to complete the peace process and prepared some ground for forging

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US surgeons successfully separated conjoined two-year-old girls born in the Philippines, the California hospital where the operation took place announced.Medics operated for eight hours to separate Angelina and Angelica Sabuco, who were born joined at the chest and abdomen."The surgeons are happy with the progress of the operation so far," said Reena Mukamal, a spokeswoman at

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KATHMANDU, NOV 01 - The peace process that was started five years ago in 2006 is likely to witness its logical conclusion. The meeting of the top brass leaders of the major political parties—Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, UCPN (Maoist) and the Samyukta Loktantrik Madhesi Morcha—on Tuesday agreed on contentious issues of the peace process and sealed the deal.The leaders are due to hold a press

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NDIA, NOV 01 - Indian protester Anna Hazare, whose campaign in August for a new anti-corruption law galvanised millions, threatened on Tuesday to start another hunger strike unless his demands are met. The 74-year-old activist wants a new law passed by the end of the winter session of parliament on December 21 that would create a powerful new ombudsman able to investigate and prosecute public

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Nepal, Nepalgunj 25 passengers were injured in a bus accident in Bardiya on Tuesday. The bus (Na 3 Kha 2288), en route to Tikapur from Kalikot, met with an accident at Belawa in Bardiya at 6 this morning. A year-old Manisha Silwal has been critically injured in the accident. Most of the injured have returned home after receiving primary treatment. A team under Armed Police Force Inspector

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OCT - Bangladesh will declare three river areas in its southwest as dolphin sanctuaries, wildlife officials said Monday, in a bid to protect the country's population of endangered freshwater cetaceans. The forestry department took the decision after studies found three areas in the UNESCO-listed Sundarbans mangrove forest, which straddles Bangladesh and India, were home to large populations of

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KATHMANDU, The major political parties--UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML--have claimed to have reached "very close" to sealing a "package deal" on the integration and rehabilitation of former Maoist combatants. Leaders of the parties engaged in a series of bilateral and trilateral meetings throughout Sunday told the Post that they have forged consensus on almost all contentions

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KATHMANDU, Chhath festival is being observed in the mid and eastern Terai region on Tuesday. The festival begins on the sixth day of the lunar calendar in the month of Kartik (Nepali calendar). After taking a holy dip to purify their own body devotees offer curd to the Sun at the banks of ponds, lakes, and rivers. Rani Pokhari and other ponds and rivers in the capital are cleaned up and

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AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE MUMBAI, : Top Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was made the new Nawab (Muslim prince) of Pataudi on Monday in a private ceremony at his ancestral home in northern India. Khan became the 10th nawab of the former princely state after the death in September of his 70-year-old father, Mansur Ali Khan, from a rare form of lung disease. The elder Khan, nicknamed "Tiger Pataudi

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MOSCOW, Russian police say a drunk and naked driver has wreaked havoc in central Moscow, damaging 12 cars before being caught by police. The city police said they started pursuing the man Sunday after he ignored a road sign banning a turn and refused orders to stop. In the ensuing chase, the motorist nearly hit a school bus, rammed through a police vehicle and smashed several other cars before

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It's a happy ending that wasn't supposed to happen for a big eared, doe-eyed beagle. Now, the dog that was found as a stray in Alabama and defied death, is searching for a new home. Three weeks ago, the beagle was euthanized along with 18 otherdogs at an overcrowded animal shelter in Florence, on Oct. 3. But to the shock of everyone he somehow survived. When the animal control officer in charge

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KABUL,  - A Nepali was wounded in a suicide attack in the southern Afghan city of Kandhar early on Monday,  Reuters reported quoting Afghan authorities. However, the identity of the deceased Nepali has not been ascertained.Five afghan civilians were killed in the blast close to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) building in Kandhar, the  UN

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‘Arawa-Arawain’ ritual is being observed today – the first day of the great festival of Mithila zone, Chhath.The ‘Arawa-Arawain’ is also considered the day to take holy dip to purify own body.Devotees start fasting from the day of Araba-Arabain by avoiding the consumption of meat, fish, turnip, onion, millet and yellow lentil.Worships are offered to life-sustaining source of power, the god Sun,

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A suicide bomber has attacked a bus carrying foreign troops in the Afghan capital Kabul killing 13 US soldiers. A Nato spokesman said the attacker detonated a car filled with explosives. The attack, in the Darulaman area, west of Kabul, also killed three Afghan civilians and a police officer. The Taliban has admitted carrying out the attack - one of the worst ground attacks against foreign troops

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Nepal Sambat 1132 is being celebrated in Kathmandu valley and many parts of the the country amidst Tihar fanfare by people of Newar community on Thursday.

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A magnitude-6.9 earthquake centered off Peru's central coast sent people running panicked into the streets on Friday in cities badly damaged by a killer quake four years earlier. There were no reports of damage or injuries.

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PERU, - A magnitude-6.9 earthquake centered off Peru's central coast sent people running panicked into the streets Friday in cities badly damaged by a killer quake four years earlier. There were no reports of damage though hospital directors reported at least 20 injuries. People who had lost loved ones and homes in the earlier quake were badly shaken and some broke into tears. "It felt like the

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Thousands of residents are rushing to leave the Thai capital Bangkok, which is braced for potentially severe flooding over the weekend. The city's bus and train stations and many roads are jammed by crowds of people attempting to flee. People in several northern districts of the capital - some of which are now 90% submerged by rising water - have been told they should evacuate immediately.

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