PM directs severe action against corrupt TIA official
OCT 29, 2011, KATHMANDU, Nepal – A politically unstable country with a only one international airport, Nepal’s Tribhuvan International Airport is the key location for those corrupt officials who are making millions of Rupees every Month by taking bribes, altering tax pays and many [...]
Bhutanese Prime Minister arriving today
KATHMANDU, April 14, 2011 – As Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley arrives in Kathmandu on a three-day visit on Today, Nepali officials are expected to talk with him a couple of bilateral agendas, including the Bhutanese refugee issue, opening of a Nepali mission in Bhutan’s [...]
Nepal President to meet PM next week
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) India and Nepal will hold wide-ranging talks next week on the eve of a fresh round of prime ministerial elections in Nepal when President Ram Baran Yadav will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his senior cabinet colleagues here.
Yadav begins his 10-day visit to India from [...]
Cowen resigns as party leader, remains Irish PM
Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:08pm EST
* Fianna Fail to elect new leader, unusual division of roles
* Opposition party says to table confidence motion in Cowen
* Former foreign minister seen as favourite to replace Cowen
(Adds opposition reaction, analyst comment)
By Padraic Halpin [...]
Nepal PM candidate slapped as public patience snaps
Khanal was attending a party programme in Itahari town in southern Sunsari district when Devi Prasad Regmi, regarded as a supporter of the leader’s Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist, clambered up on the makeshift stage and slapped the communist chief on the face.
Regmi was heard [...]
Tunisia PM to announce new government
By Tarek Amara and Christian Lowe
TUNIS |
Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:06pm EST
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s prime minister promised to announce a new coalition government on Monday, hoping to maintain the momentum of political progress to ward off fresh protests and also [...]
Supermarket where Giffords shot opens 1 week later
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona grocery store where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 other people were shot reopened Saturday, one week after the mass shooting left six people dead and critically injured the congresswoman.
The Safeway opened about 7 a.m. local time, and business was brisk.
“Our [...]
Nepal's only PM candidate backs out
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The one and only candidate vying to become Nepal’s next Prime Minister has withdrawn his bid.
The Nepali Congress Party took the decision when it became apparent their candidate, Ram Chandra Poudel, would fail to receive enough support in parliament. [...]
On Tucson and politics, Palin plays by own rules
WASHINGTON — The hubbub in the United States over Sarah Palin’s use of the charged term “blood libel” obscures a larger point: the former Alaska governor is weighing a run for the presidency in unprecedented and even daring ways, commanding nationwide attention with her selective [...]
Sole Nepal PM candidate pulls out
13 January 2011
Last updated at 01:44 ET
MPs could not be persuaded to back Ram Chandra Poudel
The sole candidate has pulled out of a vote to choose a new PM for Nepal after 16 tries, clearing the way for fresh attempts to form a government.
Ram Chandra Poudel of the Nepali Congress party has [...]
2000 Atlanta flights cut again; East awaits snow
ATLANTA — It could be days before icy, treacherous conditions improve for areas of the South hit by a wintry blast that sent cars sliding off the road, emptied grocery shelves and had officials nervously watching ice-laden powerlines and tree limbs.
In Atlanta, trucker Vernon Cook, 67, said [...]
Nepal envoy discusses British PM’s visit
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Nepal envoy discusses British PM’s visit
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Nepal's parliament to vote yet again for PM
KATMANDU, Nepal – Nepal’s parliament opened a new session Sunday at which it will attempt for a 17th time to elect a new prime minister and halt political deadlock in the Himalayan nation.
Speaker Subash Nemwang announced that a vote for prime minister would be held Jan. 12. Lawmakers have failed [...]
Nepal to hold PM's election Wednesday
As the house began its winter session Sunday, its business advisory committee advised parliament chairman Subash Nembang to hold the 17th round of election Wednesday.
However, like the previous voting exercises, Wednesday’s polls too are unlikely to come up with a new prime minister and end months [...]
Landgren discusses UNMIN departure with PM Nepal
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