http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/16464-nepal.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/16464-nepal.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089302-nepal-plane-crash-injures-21-including-8-japanese.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, and all 21 people on board, including eight Japanese tourists, survived with injuries, police said. Four of the injured were in critical condition, police officer Bhim Bahadur Chand said. The state-owned Nepal Airlines plane was carrying ei... Thu, 16 May 2013 08:45:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089302-nepal-plane-crash-injures-21-including-8-japanese.html 2013-05-16T08:45:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2055542-truce-reached-fighting-climbers-everest.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A truce has been reached between three foreign climbers and Nepalese Sherpa guides who were involved in a fistfight on Mount Everest, officials said Wednesday. Two of the foreigners, however, returned to Nepal's capital and were undecided if they would quit their climb. Tilak Pandey of the Mountaineering Department said a truce was ... Wed, 01 May 2013 10:25:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2055542-truce-reached-fighting-climbers-everest.html 2013-05-01T10:25:49Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1970544-everest-mountaineer-george-lowe-dies-89.html LONDON (AP) — George Lowe, the last surviving climber from the team that made the first successful ascent of Mount Everest, has died at age 89. Mary Lowe said Thursday her husband died a day earlier at a nursing home in Ripley, central England, after an illness. Lowe and his friend Edmund Hillary were the only New Zealanders on the 1953 British-led attemp... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:46:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1970544-everest-mountaineer-george-lowe-dies-89.html 2013-03-22T04:46:37Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1955988-top-nepal-judge-head-interim-government.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's chief judge was named head of an interim government in an attempt by the Himalayan country's main political parties to cure the paralysis and infighting that have blocked elections for months. Supreme Court Chief Justice Khilraj Regmi was sworn in Thursday by President Ram Baran Yadav, and his choices of former bureaucrats M... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:27:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1955988-top-nepal-judge-head-interim-government.html 2013-03-15T00:27:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1950596-adb-asia-wealth-buys-access-to-clean-water.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Ninety-one percent of people living in Asia have improved access to clean water, a remarkable achievement over the last two decades in the world's most populous region. But its richest countries and wealthiest citizens likely have better water supplies and governments better prepared for natural disasters. The assessments made b... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:45:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1950596-adb-asia-wealth-buys-access-to-clean-water.html 2013-03-13T05:45:13Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1934938-nepals-answer-to-deadlock-making-chief-judge-pm.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's quiet, barely known chief justice is on the verge of taking almost total control of the Himalayan nation, becoming the interim head of government as well as the top judge in a country that has been without a legislature for months. It seems to be the only thing the country's furiously feuding politicians can agree on, even t... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:53:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1934938-nepals-answer-to-deadlock-making-chief-judge-pm.html 2013-03-07T00:53:13Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1929352-nepals-women-climbers-break-highest-glass-ceiling.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — It's the world's highest glass ceiling. Of the 3,755 climbers who have scaled Mount Everest, more than half are Nepalese but only 21 of those locals are women. Aiming to change the all-male image of mountaineering in their country, a group of Nepalese women have embarked on a mission to shatter that barrier by climbing the tallest m... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:20:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1929352-nepals-women-climbers-break-highest-glass-ceiling.html 2013-03-05T00:20:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1915398-2-everest-climbs-nepalese-woman-record-book.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese mountaineer Chhurim entered the record book by scaling Mount Everest twice in the same climbing season. In fact, she did so a week apart. Guinness World Records said she is the first woman to climb the world's highest mountain twice in the same season — the brief window of good weather each year that allows climbers to reac... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:16:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1915398-2-everest-climbs-nepalese-woman-record-book.html 2013-02-26T04:16:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1888248-tibetan-protester-sets-fire-nepal.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Tibetan protester doused himself with gasoline, set himself ablaze and chanted anti-China slogans as he ran down a street in Nepal's capital Wednesday, the latest in a string of self-immolations protesting China's rule over Tibet. The dramatic protest marked the 101st time since 2009 that a Tibetan monk, nun or layperson has set t... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:32:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1888248-tibetan-protester-sets-fire-nepal.html 2013-02-13T10:32:43Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1842874-nepali-colonel-uk-court-torture-charges.html LONDON (AP) — A colonel in Nepal's army will stand trial in Britain in June on charges of torture allegedly committed during the Himalayan nation's civil war. Col. Kuma Lama appeared by video link from prison for a London court hearing Thursday. The judge set a provisional trial date of June 5. Lama, who lives in England, was denied bail. He was arrested ... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1842874-nepali-colonel-uk-court-torture-charges.html 2013-01-24T11:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1815448-police-official-30-die-nepal-bus-accident.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A police official says a bus veered off a mountain road in west Nepal leaving at least 30 people dead and several more injured. Police official Ramesh Bahadur Dhanuk said the bus drove off the gravel road Saturday in a remote mountainous area near Chatiwan village. It was dark and the area was covered in thick fog. The bus rolled ab... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1815448-police-official-30-die-nepal-bus-accident.html 2013-01-12T04:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1810550-indian-park-battles-poachers-targeting-rhino-horn.html KAZIRANGA, India (AP) — Out of the early morning mists and tall grass of northeast India emerges a massive creature with a dinosaur-like face, having survived millions of years despite a curse — literally on its head. As elephant-borne riders approach, the formidable hulk sniffs the air for danger, then resumes its breakfast.      This is Kaziranga, refug... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1810550-indian-park-battles-poachers-targeting-rhino-horn.html 2013-01-10T06:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1801488-nepali-charged-with-torture-appears-uk-court.html LONDON (AP) — A British court on Saturday denied bail to a colonel in the Nepalese army facing charges of torture allegedly committed during the Himalayan nation's civil war. Kumar Lama, 46, was arrested Thursday at a residential address in the English town of St. Leonards-on-Sea, about 70 miles (115 kilometers) southeast of London. He was later charged w... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1801488-nepali-charged-with-torture-appears-uk-court.html 2013-01-05T17:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1800240-uk-police-charge-nepalese-man-with-torture.html LONDON (AP) — British police said Friday they have charged a serving colonel in the Nepalese army with two counts of torture allegedly committed during the Himalayan nation's civil war. The case has touched off a diplomatic spat, with the Nepalese government summoning the U.K. ambassador in Kathmandu to protest. Kumar Lama, 46, was arrested Thursday at a ... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1800240-uk-police-charge-nepalese-man-with-torture.html 2013-01-04T20:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1797310-nepali-man-arrested-uk-torture-allegations.html LONDON (AP) — British police say that they have arrested a Nepali man on suspicion of torture allegedly committed during the Himalayan nation's bloody civil war. Britain's Metropolitan Police said Thursday they had arrested the 46-year-old at a residential address in the English town of St. Leonards-on-Sea, about 70 miles (115 kilometers) southeast of Lon... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1797310-nepali-man-arrested-uk-torture-allegations.html 2013-01-03T10:43:00Z