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  • Maldivians living at 1,400 m above sea level

    Maldivians living at 1,400 m above sea level

    Most people know about the thriving Maldivian communities in Colombo, Trivandram and Kuala Lumpur, but few have heard of a more modest collection of Maldivians, up at 1,400 metres above sea level in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.

    May 18, 2013
  • Nepal man burns pregnant wife alive: police

    Nepal man burns pregnant wife alive: police

    KATHMANDU, April 10, 2013 (AFP) - Police have arrested a man in rural Nepal after he allegedly killed his 22-year-old pregnant wife by stuffing her into a hay bale and setting it alight, an officer said on Tuesday.

    April 10, 2013
  • Nepalese protesters arrested during strike

    Nepalese protesters arrested during strike

    KATHMANDU, April 8, 2013 (AFP) - Nepalese police arrested protesters for attacking a media vehicle and threatening people on Sunday as transportation across the country was blocked by groups opposing elections.

    April 08, 2013
  • Nepal marks 80th year since Everest flight

    Nepal marks 80th year since Everest flight

    KATHMANDU, April 4, 2013 (AFP) - The grandson of a pilot who flew the first flight over the world's highest mountain, Nepal's Mount Everest, retraced the route Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the feat.

    April 04, 2013
  • Friend of Maldivians to climb Mount Everest

    Friend of Maldivians to climb Mount Everest

    A young Sherpa, whose family has welcomed Maldivians in their house for years, is about to embark on his first Everest summit bid.

    April 01, 2013
  • Nepal noodle seller who became a billionaire

    Nepal noodle seller who became a billionaire

    KATHMANDU, March 17, 2013 (AFP) - Run by Maoist revolutionaries and plagued by poverty, Nepal is not the most obvious place to make big bucks.

    March 17, 2013
  • Nepal panel to probe only serious violations

    Nepal panel to probe only serious violations

    KATHMANDU, March 16, 2013 (AFP) - A truth commission examining Nepal's civil war will only investigate "serious violations" of human rights and could recommend an amnesty for perpetrators, the government said on Friday.

    March 16, 2013
  • Chief justice sworn in to oversee Nepal polls

    Chief justice sworn in to oversee Nepal polls

    KATHMANDU, March 14, 2013 (AFP) - Nepal's Supreme Court Chief Justice Khilraj Regmi was sworn in as head of government on Thursday after political parties finally inked a deal to end a 10-month deadlock.

    March 14, 2013
  • Mother rescuing Nepal's children from jail

    Mother rescuing Nepal's children from jail

    KATHMANDU, March 13, 2013 (AFP) - Inside a crumbling brick-walled compound in the heart of Kathmandu, children chatter and play hopscotch in the dust while their mothers peel vegetables and wash clothes in the pale winter sunshine.

    March 13, 2013
  • Nepal police arrest Tibetans

    Nepal police arrest Tibetans

    KATHMANDU, March 11, 2013 (AFP) - Nepalese police arrested 18 people in Kathmandu on suspicion of "anti-China activities" on Sunday, the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China's rule in Tibet.

    March 11, 2013
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