Thursday 17th May, 2012
Petra Nemcova back in Sean Penn's arms
AGENCIES LONDON: Hollywood star Sean Penn has reportedly rekindled his romance with stunning supermodel Petra Nemcova, reported British daily The Sun on Thursday. The Oscar-winning actor and the ...
Video shows fugitive penguin 337 alive in Tokyo Bay
A one-year-old Humboldt penguin, which escaped from its enclosure in Tokyo Sea Life Park after climbing a four metre (13 feet) high rock face and skirting a barbed wire fence two months ago, is seen ...
3 other bodies removed from mustang dozer accident
RSS MYAGDI: Three other persons who were buried to death along with bulldozer on Wednesday while constructing road has been extracted from the site on Thursday morning. Four persons including ...
Federer progresses as Azarenka pulls out with injury
The Himalayan TimesREUTERS ROME: World number one Victoria Azarenka suffered a blow to her French Open preparations when she was forced to pull out of the Italian Open with a right shoulder injury on Wednesday, but ...
Govt-distributed cotrim pills defective
The Himalayan TimesRSS SARLAHI: The cotrim pills dispatched by the government to distribute to the children who have had pneumonia free of cost, have been found to be defective. It was found defective among 42 ...
Japan bank complies with court order to freeze Iran accounts
The Himalayan TimesThe Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. headquarters are pictured in Tokyo, in 2006. The bank has halted transactions by the Iranian government after a US court ordered a $2.6 billion asset freeze ...
Malaysia to hang 3 Mexican brothers for drugs
The Himalayan TimesMexican brothers, from left, Luis Alfonso Gonzalez Villarreal, Simon Gonzalez Villarreal and Jose Regino Gonzalez Villarreal leave a courthouse in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, May 17, 2012. The ...
'Ansu' baby named after undivided Far- west
The Himalayan TimesRSS DHANGADHI: A baby born to Ganga Sunar of Tatopani VDC in Surkhet district has been given a peculiar name 'Akhanda Sudur Paschim', which means undivided far- west. The baby's ...
Attack on Afghan government compound kills 7
The Himalayan TimesASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL: A group of suicide bombers armed with explosive-laden vests, automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades stormed a government compound Thursday in western Afghanistan, ...
As Facebook grows‚ millions say‚ 'no‚ thanks'
The Himalayan TimesASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there. You won't find Thomas Chin, either. Or Kariann Goldschmitt. Or Jake Edelstein. ...
Curfew lifted in Simikot
The Himalayan TimesRSS SIMIKOT: The curfew, which was clamped in Simikot of Humla district from Wednesday afternoon due to dispute over the formation of management committee of the Mansarobar Higher Secondary School, ...
Nepal's kung fu nuns practise karma with a kick
General Sourcesby Frankie Taggart KATHMANDU, May 8, 2012 (AFP) - It is a hot, cloudless morning on a hillside on the outskirts of Kathmandu and dozens of nuns arrange themselves into lines around a golden ...
China blind activist to get passport 'within 15 days'
The Himalayan TimesThis file photo, from the US Embassy Beijing Press office, taken on May 2, shows Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng (C), being accompanied by US ambassador to China Gary Locke (2nd R), in Beijing. ...
Australia‚ New Zealand hail new rugby World Cup deal
The Himalayan TimesREUTERS MELBOURNE: Australia and New Zealand, the top two rugby nations by world ranking, have welcomed a new financial model for World Cup revenue set to boost their shares of takings from the ...
Barcelona to set up football school in India
The Himalayan TimesBarcelona players attend a training session in April. Spanish giants Barcelona are setting up a football school in India as they expand their coaching network worldwide with the aim of training ...
Sworn-in ministers devoid of portfolios
The Himalayan TimesTHT ONLINE KATHMANDU: A meeting of the three major political parties- the UCPN-Maoist, Nepali Congress (NC), and CPN-UML which was convened in Baluwatar on Thursday morning to allocate portfolios ...
NEPAL: Undocumented residents excluded from state services
IRINChildren whose mothers cannot prove the father's identity struggle to access citizenship documents. Morang District, Nepal KATHMANDU, 17 May 2012 (IRIN) - Some 7 percent of Nepal’s ...
'U.S. to remove Maoists from terror list soon'
The Himalayan TimesTHT ONLINE KATHMANDU: U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, Scott H. DeLisi has assured UCPN-Maoist that the U.S. government has initiated the process to delist Nepali Maoists from the list of Specially ...
Bandh cripples life in Chitwan
The Himalayan TimesRSS CHITWAN: Life in Chitwan has been further affected due to the general strike enforced by two different ethnic organizations on Thursday. The normal life here had already been affected due to ...
Lifter Gupta bags Asian Gold Award
The Himalayan TimesRSS KATHMANDU: General Secretary of Nepal Weightlifting Association and senior instructor Partha Sarathi Sen Gupta has been honoured with the Asian Gold Award. The Asian Weightlifting Association ...
Japanese consumers lead economic rebound in first quarter
The Himalayan TimesREUTERS TOKYO: Japan's economy bounced back in the first quarter from a year-end lull, powering ahead of other major industrial nations thanks to rebuilding of the tsunami-battered northeast, ...
Bandh back again with hard knocks
The Himalayan TimesTHT ONLINE KATHMANDU: The same bandh enforcers are back again after a week but with the same demand. Kirat's festive season had actually obliged them to put it off last week. The Nepal bandh ...
Violence hits Bangladesh as opposition leaders denied bail
The Himalayan TimesAGENCE FRANCE PRESSE DHAKA: Demonstrators torched vehicles and fought police in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka after a court Wednesday denied bail to 33 opposition figures over charges stemming from ...
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