News: Nepal

We have started to collect the most important news related to Nepal in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Nepal: news

VIDEO: Nepal's rhino protectors

Monday, April 8th 2013, 23:05

BBC reporter Anbarasan Ethirajan joins an anti-poaching patrol in Nepal which aims to protect one-horned rhinoceroses
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Nepal 'witchcraft' attack condemned

Saturday, April 6th 2013, 21:48

Nepal's women's commission condemns an attack on an elderly woman accused of witchcraft, who was stripped, beaten and made to eat excrement.
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Nepal’s battle with drug traffickers

Thursday, April 4th 2013, 21:20

Nepal fights to avoid being called a haven for drug trafficking
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Nepal court blocks war truth panel

Monday, April 1st 2013, 16:48

Nepal's Supreme Court suspends efforts to set up a truth commission amid concerns it could allow amnesties for serious crimes during the civil war.
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Nepal war victims fight for justice

Thursday, March 14th 2013, 0:11

One woman's fight for war crimes justice in Nepal
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Tibetan in Nepal self-immolation

Wednesday, February 13th 2013, 11:49
related countries: China

An ethnic Tibetan man sets himself on fire in Nepal in an apparent protest against Chinese rule in Tibetan areas.
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India and Nepal begin tiger census

Monday, February 4th 2013, 17:30
related countries: India

India and Nepal begin their first joint survey of tigers in the Terai Arc, hoping to chart how many Royal Bengal tigers remain in the shared region.
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Unrest over Nepal reporter death

Thursday, January 24th 2013, 14:31

Two senior officials in western Nepal are transferred following violent protests over the 2004 murder of a journalist, allegedly by Maoist supporters.
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Attacks prompt Nepal wildlife cap

Friday, January 18th 2013, 15:21

Wild animal attacks forest officials in Nepal to put a cap on the growth of wildlife, including endangered species.
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VIDEO: Nepal bus crash 'leaves 29 dead'

Sunday, January 13th 2013, 4:56

Police in Nepal say 29 people have died after a bus veered off a mountain road and crashed.
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Nepal bus crash 'leaves 29 dead'

Saturday, January 12th 2013, 5:46

Twenty-nine people are killed after a bus veers off a mountain road in Nepal, police say.
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Nepal torture suspect in court

Saturday, January 5th 2013, 15:50
related countries: United Kingdom

A Nepalese colonel is remanded in custody after appearing at a UK court charged with two counts of torture during his country's civil war.
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Nepal torture suspect charged in UK

Saturday, January 5th 2013, 1:23
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Kathmandu

A Nepalese army officer is due before a London court after being charged with committing torture during his country's civil war in 2005.
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Nepal torture suspect held in UK

Thursday, January 3rd 2013, 17:22
related countries: United Kingdom

Detectives from Britain's Metropolitan Police arrest a man on suspicion of torture, allegedly committed during the civil war in Nepal in 2005.
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VIDEO: Elephants compete at 'beauty contest'

Sunday, December 30th 2012, 4:18

Elephants in Nepal and their trainers compete for prizes at a beauty pageant, which is used to highlight conservation programmes.
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'Car-free Friday' for Nepal army

Friday, December 21st 2012, 18:00

Nepal's senior army officers are ordered to ditch their cars at least once a week when coming to office to reduce air pollution and traffic jams.
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Twelve escape from Nepal prison

Friday, November 9th 2012, 13:07
related countries: India

Twelve inmates escape after digging a tunnel out of a jail in the south-east of Nepal near the border with India, prison officials say.
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Nepal man cleared of Japan murder

Wednesday, November 7th 2012, 12:36
related countries: Japan

A Japanese court formally acquits Govinda Prasad Mainali from Nepal, who spent 15 "horrible" years in jail for a murder he did not commit.
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Nepal hosts gay sports festival

Friday, October 12th 2012, 15:48

A gay rights group in Nepal opens South Asia's first sports tournament for gay athletes, with some 300 people taking part.
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Nepal Maoists open trekking trail

Wednesday, October 3rd 2012, 14:39

Nepal's Maoist leader Prachanda launches a tourist trekking trail, giving walkers the chance to see remote hideouts used by his former guerrillas.
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Tributes to Nepal crash Britons

Saturday, September 29th 2012, 10:38
related countries: United Kingdom

Family, friends and colleagues pay tribute to seven British men who were among 19 people killed in a plane crash in Nepal.
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Seven Britons die in Nepal crash

Friday, September 28th 2012, 20:19

Seven Britons who were among 19 people killed when a plane heading for the Everest region crashed in Nepal have been named.
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Nineteen die in Nepal plane crash

Friday, September 28th 2012, 13:19
related places: Kathmandu

A plane heading for the Everest region crashes in Nepal's capital, killing all 19 people on board including seven Britons.
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VIDEO: 'Avalanche threw us down hill'

Monday, September 24th 2012, 13:56

A search operation has resumed in Nepal for climbers missing on Mount Manaslu, where an avalanche killed at least eight people on Sunday.
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Search resumes for Nepal climbers

Monday, September 24th 2012, 11:36

A search operation resumes in Nepal for climbers missing on Mount Manaslu, where an avalanche killed at least eight others on Sunday.
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VIDEO: Nepal searches for avalanche missing

Monday, September 24th 2012, 11:24
related places: Kathmandu

Nepal resumes a search for several climbers still missing after a fatal avalanche on Mount Manaslu, while survivors are airlifted to the capital Kathmandu.
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Avalanche kills climbers in Nepal

Sunday, September 23rd 2012, 18:20

At least nine people are killed and several are missing in Nepal after an avalanche hits climbers and guides at a camp on a Himalayan peak.
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Indian bus crash leaves 28 dead

Tuesday, September 11th 2012, 5:20

At least 28 people are killed after a bus veers off a road in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, while another bus crash in neighbouring Nepal kills 27.
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Nepal-Israel joint stamp issued

Friday, September 7th 2012, 11:19
related countries: Israel

Nepal and Israel release a joint stamp depicting the highest and the lowest places on earth - Mount Everest and the Dead Sea.
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'Night shift' tigers dodge people

Tuesday, September 4th 2012, 0:20

Tigers in Nepal seem to be taking night shifts to better co-exist with their human neighbours, scientists have shown.
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