64 climbers including first ever Saudi Arabian woman scale Mount Everest from Nepal

Vancouver Sun - Saturday 18th May, 2013

This handout picture taken by Miura Dolphins on May 16, 2013 shows 80-year-old Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura (R), accompanied by his son Gota (L), leaving Base Camp to begin his ascent of Mount Everest in Nepal. Miura is trying to get back a Guinness World Record that he first held in 2003 when he became the oldest man to climb ...

China ‘crushing’ Tibetan dissident groups in Nepal

General Sources - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Nepal a hub for their anti-China activities, Beijing appears to have taken to squeezing the Himalayan nation on the issue by using its development initiatives there as a counter-pressure tactic. China, which already boasts of a wide involvement in Nepal that covers all critical areas including defence, infrastructure building and cultural activities, is now focusing on taking up development ...

Landmark Kathmandu Bookstore Gutted by Fire

News Blaze - Saturday 18th May, 2013

By Friday afternoon all that remained of the Kathmandu landmark Pilgrims Book House was a scorched brick and cement shell with charred and sodden books covering the floor. Pilgrims was one of the world's great bookstores and probably the best in Asia. Specialists in Himalayan and South Asian books, they also carried a huge general selection and over 50,000 antiquarian titles and ...