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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> As soon as the decades-old Twin Otter landed at Lukla airport, passengers burst into applause. They do that for nearly every safe landing at the often terrifying airport at the gateway to Mount Everest. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 13th, 2013 
Thousands of children have been killed in unrest in Syria since March 2011, according to a new UN report on children and armed conflict.
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By By MALAVIKA VYAWAHARE and VISHNU VARMA, on June 6th, 2013 On Thursday morning Himachal Pradesh Police arrested the men and seized the vehicle in which the alleged crime was committed.
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By , on June 5th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Despite seeing friends lose their lives to the mountains, one Hongkonger is facing his fears – and has just conquered Mount Everest for a second time. John Tsang Chi-sing has been climbing mountains for 22 years. In 2009, he was the third person from Hong Kong to scale the 8,848 metres to the summit of Mount Everest. This year, the 60th anniversary of man’s first ascent of the mountain, he has done it again. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 28th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Indian government has ruled out peace talks with Maoist rebels who killed 24 governing party members in a daring attack over the weekend in an eastern state. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 28th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Another three climbers have perished during Himalayan expeditions in Nepal, casting a shadow over celebrations this week of the first summit of Everest 60 years ago. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 27th, 2013 
More than 50 people are killed in a series of car bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say, as a spate of violence continues.
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By , on May 27th, 2013 
A tenth suspect is arrested in connection with the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich.
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Today is Friday, May 31, the 151st day of 2013. There are 214 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1043 – Lady Godiva rides naked through the market square in Coventry, England. 1520 – After being a hostage in Denmark, young nobleman Gustav Vasa slips back into Sweden to start a rebellion against the Danes that will establish Swedish independence. 1790 – The U.S. copyright law is enacted
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Yuichiro Miura, who took the standard southeast ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay 60 years ago, reached the top of the 8,848 metre mountain at about 9.00am local time, accompanied by three other Japanese climbers, including his son, and six Nepali sherpas. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Japanese mountaineer, 80, overcomes four heart operations to scale Everest
By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> It is a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women’s sports are severely restricted, her proud father said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 18th, 2013 
A 25-year-old Saudi woman makes history by reaching the summit of the world’s highest mountain.
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Twenty-one people were hurt, including eight Japanese tourists, when a small plane skidded off a Nepal airport runway on Thursday and plunged into a river, police said. All 21 people aboard the Nepal Airlines Twin Otter aircraft were injured, five seriously, police spokesman Keshav Adhikari said. The plane’s brakes failed and it crashed into the Kali Gandaki river in the Annapurna mountain range in Nepal’s northwest, Adhikari said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. The National Federation of Independent Business reported a slight improvement in confidence among small business owners in the U.S. in April. That helped boost the Dow Jones industrial average to close at a record high Tuesday. “A combination of further improvement of economic performance and low inflation in the US should keep risk appetite buoyant,” said analysts at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong in an email commentary.
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The men who beat Malcolm Shabazz to death not only punched and kick him but also used a bat or stick during the attack, Mexico City’s top prosecutor said on Tuesday. Prosecutor Rodolfo Rios said the two waiters arrested in the case had served the grandson of civil rights activist Malcolm X and a friend at the Palace bar near Plaza Garibaldi. Shabazz’s friend, Miguel Suarez, told investigators that the two had consumed about a dozen beers and then the waiters demanded they pay a tab of 15,000 pesos, or about US$1,200, Rios said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s corruption watchdog has launched a criminal investigation of its former chief following complaints of excessive spending when giving tens of thousands of dollars in gifts to mainland Chinese and other officials. The Asian financial center’s anticorruption agency and Department of Justice said Tuesday there was “sufficient basis” to open an investigation into allegations of possible bribery and misconduct by Timothy Tong. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hong Kong ranks behind only the United Arab Emirates as the most popular place - where professionals working abroad want to stay longer, a survey has found. The city is also in the top 15 most popular destinations in the world for what the report calls an “emerging global professional class”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Investigators believe about 20 young, ethnic Somali men left Minnesota from 2007 to 2009 to go to Somalia to fight for al Shabaab, which the United States designated a terrorist organisation. Three men who cooperated with investigators were each sentenced to three years and a fourth man was sentenced to 12 years in prison. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Israel’s prime minister is under fire again for a costly lifestyle at taxpayers’ expense, just as his government is slashing welfare benefits and raising taxes to cope with a huge deficit. Israeli media took aim Tuesday at reports that the expenses of Benjamin Netanyahu’s office have soared nearly 80 per cent since he took office in 2009. Netanyahu and his family split their time among three homes, including an official residence. The cost of maintaining them came to roughly US$905,000 last year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s corruption watchdog is launching a criminal investigation of its former chief who spent tens of thousands of dollars on gifts for mainland Chinese officials. The anticorruption agency and the Department of Justice said Tuesday there was “sufficient basis” to open an investigation into allegations of possible bribery and misconduct by Timothy Tong. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Pilots, passengers need nerves of steel to land at Everest gateway Lukla
<!– google_ad_section_start –> As soon as the decades-old Twin Otter landed at Lukla airport, passengers burst into applause. They do that for nearly every safe landing at the often terrifying airport at the gateway to Mount Everest. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Pilots, passengers need nerves of steel to land at Everest gateway Lukla
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