Sat, September 04, 2010

BHUTAN

www.outlookindia.com | Bummer Ticket

It’s almost a part of Kerala’s landscape: the sight (and sounds) of people peddling lottery tickets from roadside kiosks, cycles or autorickshaws fitted with mikes.

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Assam Tourism calls on India

Mumbai, Sep 3 : The State of Assam is making an all out effort to rebrand its tourism image and promote it as a safe and adventurous tourist destination.

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Refugee left heaven for haven when he left Bhutan for Nepal

Ganesh and Partima Kafley married shortly before they left Bhutan in April 1991. They resettled in a Nepalese refugee camp, where they lived and raised a family for 18 years.

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NEIGHBOURHOOD

Nepal Maoists sought Chinese cash to ‘buy’ MPs?

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Sep 4 : Nepal’s opposition Maoist party has been dragged into a snowballing scandal with a leaked audio tape indicating the former guerrillas sought NRS.500 million from Chinese ‘friends’ to buy MPs’ votes ahead of Sunday’s election to choose a new prime minister.

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Pakistan day of bloodshed

QUETTA, Pakistan—A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 54 Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan yesterday. To the northwest, in Pakistan’s restive tribal regions, two suspected US missile strikes killed at least seven people in an area controlled by the Taliban-allied Haqqani…

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Mortaza will captain Bangladesh in World Cup - Siddons

Bangladesh news

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WORLD

Suicide bomber kills 57 at Shiite rally in Pakistan (AFP)

Pakistanis help injured blast victims at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Quetta on September 3. Anti-terror police were on high alert in Pakistan on Saturday ahead of mass burials for the victims of a suicide bomber who killed at least 57 people at a Shiite Muslim rally.(AFP/Banaras Khan)AFP - Anti-terror police were on high alert in Pakistan on Saturday ahead of mass burials for the victims of a suicide bomber who killed at least 57 people at a Shiite Muslim rally.


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9 killed in New Zealand tourist spot plane crash (AFP)

Nine people, including four foreigners, were killed when a skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames at a popular New Zealand tourist spot Saturday, police and media said.(AFP)AFP - Nine people, including four foreigners, were killed when a skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames at a popular New Zealand tourist spot Saturday, police and media said.


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Toll from attack on Pakistani Shiites jumps to 65 (AP)

Volunteers help injured people following an explosion during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed scores of people in southwestern Pakistan in the third deadly attack this week on the country's religious minorities.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - Pakistani police say the death toll from a suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospital.


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9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash (AP)

AP - A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign tourists, police said.

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