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03/10/2011 - India

Bikini-killer's wife big hit on Indian reality TV show

The young wife of a convicted French murderer and alleged serial killer has appeared on a massively popular Indian reality television show, Bigg Boss.

19/08/2011 - Afghanistan - UK

Nine dead in Taliban attack on Kabul British Council office

At least eight Afghan police and one foreigner are belived to have been killed after five bomb blasts and a four-hour gunbattle at the British Council in Kabul.

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama
13/07/2011 - Tibet, China

Six Tibetans arrested for illegally entering Nepal

Six Tibetans have been detained in Nepal for illegally entering the country, police said Wednesday.

29/05/2011 - Nepal

Nepali parties give parliament three-month reprieve

Nepal’s warring political parties have agreed to extend the current parliament for three months, avoiding a constitutional crisis … for the time being, at least.

25/04/2011 - Nepal

One of Nepal's Tigers of the Snows Nawang Gombu dies age 79

The first man to scale Mount Everest twice, Nawang Gombu, one of the famed "Tigers of the Snows" has died at his home in Darjeeling, India. He was 79.

22/03/2011 - Nepal

Nepal fire leaves 4,000 refugees from Bhutan homeless

More than 4,000 refugees from Bhutan were left homeless after a fire swept through a United Nations camp in Nepal on Tuesday.

04/02/2011 - Nepal

Nepal's new PM begins forming government

Nepal's new prime minister, Jhalanath Khanal, began forming a coalition government on Friday.

French photographer Eric Valli on his Himalayan adventures, part II
26/01/2011 - Voices

French photographer Eric Valli on his Himalayan adventures, part II

In this, the second of a two-part series with Eric Valli, the French photographer recounts how he found one of the last remaining honey-hunters of Nepal.

16/12/2010 - Nepal

Twenty-two dead in Nepal plane crash

Nepali police said on Thursday that all 22 passengers and crew aboard a small passenger plane perished after it crashed into a mountainous area of eastern Nepal.

08/12/2010 - Haiti - Nepal

Nepal army denies responsibility for Haiti cholera

The Nepalese army has condemned a report made by a French epidemiologist linking its UN peacekeepers in Haiti to a cholera epidemic that has claimed the lives of more than 2,000.

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