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Nepal emerges as 'poacher's paradise' (AFP)

AFP - Forest warden Narendra Man Babu Pradhan is on the frontline of Nepal's battle against poachers and he grimaces as he recalls the recent discovery of an injured rhino whose horn had been cut off.

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16 killed in Nepal as bus falls from mountain

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Refugees continue to stream into NH

By MICHAEL COUSINEAU New Hampshire Union Leader Staff 2 hours, 47 minutes ago More than 500 refugees looking for better lives in America resettled in New Hampshire over the past year -- the most since at least 2002. The federal...

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NZ scientists seek blue sheep as part of Nepal leopard study

New Zealand scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard by studying its main prey in the Himalayas, the bharal, or blue sheep. A Nepali PhD student at Massey University, Achyut Aryal, and his...

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Riots In China; Maoists In Nepal; Water Shortage In Venezuel

Minister Surendra Pandey said the Maoists' plans were in Inquirer", "http://article.wn.com/view/2009/11/03/Nepal_places_army_on_alert_for_Maoist_protests/", "http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/...

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World › 14 killed, 12 injured in Nepal bus accident

Sunday 08th November, 01:53 PM JST KATMANDU — Fourteen people died and 12 others were injured after a bus veered off a mountain road and plunged 200 meters in western Nepal on Sunday, authorities said. The accident occurred at...

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Nepali youths seek action ahead of Copenhagen climate meet

KATHMANDU, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- A team of youth is heading to Mt. Qomolangma (also known as Mt. Everest) base camp this week to collect signatures for a petition demanding immediate action on climate change impacts, local media...

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Prachanda predicts news government in Nepal within a week

Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, the chief of Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, Sunday predicted that the political crisis gripping the country for more than five months would end within a week with the formation of a new...

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Maoists getting arms from China: India

NEW DELHI: The government for the first time on Sunday said that the Maoists are getting arms from China, which is a "big supplier" of small weapons. "Chinese are big smugglers... suppliers of small arms. I am sure that the...

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China follows Indian cue, enters Nepal's hydropower sector

By Sudeshna Sarkar. Kathmandu, Nepal, 04:02 PM IST Nepal's northern neighbour China has picked up the cue from its business rival in the region India to gradually consolidate its toehold in this water-rich country's hydropower...

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