January 2010
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Kathmandu tops the 20 Most Earthquake-Vulnerable... →
GeoHazards International predicted a 6.0 earthquake would kill approximately 69,000 people in this growing city of about 1 million, the most densely populated district of Nepal.
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“I’m sorry, but if you use Facebook, you have no expectation of privacy....”
– A comment on Slashdot
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“I have served my country for almost seven years in some of the most isolated and...”
– read on the Facebook status of a friend who has been serving in the Nepali Army for more than half a decade now.
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RIP Paul Samuelson →
I enjoyed reading the book by Nobel Prize Winner Paul Samuelson during my undergraduate Economics course. I also enjoyed his regular columns in The NewsWeek.
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Maoist induced economic crisis in Nepal →
Rather than blaming India for increasing trade deficit, Prachanda needs to do some soul-searching to realize to what extent his party has contributed to the demise of the manufacturing sector, export-oriented production, and export potentials,
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Give scientists more incentives to make your... →
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Finally, Nepal becomes the next gay-tourist...
freddiebenjamin:
From the New York Times
31. Nepal San Francisco, Amsterdam and Provincetown? Been there. Mykonos and Ibiza? Done that. Looking for the next gay destination? How about the Himalayan country of Nepal? Yes, Nepal.
In the roughly two years since the nation’s supreme court ordered that gay, lesbians and transgendered people be afforded equal rights, this conservative, mostly-Hindu...
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