Read more Nepal stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7898/nepal.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:50:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69516/nepal-suffers-shortage-of-sacrificial-goats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBaa-ad news. Nepal is facing a severe shortage of sacrificial goats ahead of one of the Hindu calendar's biggest festivals, the BBC reports. Officials are searching the countryside for as many as 4,000 goats to buy and bring to Kathmandu ahead of the Dashain festival, in which goats are...http://www.newser.com/story/69516/nepal-suffers-shortage-of-sacrificial-goats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 3:52:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68355/us-embassy-guards-in-kabul-living-lurid-lifestyle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGuards hired by the State Department to protect diplomats and staff at the US embassy in Afghanistan live and work in a Lord of the Flies environment in which they are subjected to hazing and humiliation by supervisors, a government oversight group says. In a 10-page letter to Hillary Clinton,...http://www.newser.com/story/68355/us-embassy-guards-in-kabul-living-lurid-lifestyle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 17:12:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66612/nepali-women-protest-600-marry-a-widow-incentive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of women marched through Kathmandu yesterday to protest a government plan to offer $600 to anybody who marries a widow, the Independent reports. The government says the scheme will help overcome social stigmas attached to widowhood, but the women say it is insulting and warn that it will lead...http://www.newser.com/story/66612/nepali-women-protest-600-marry-a-widow-incentive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 5:15:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65824/pollution-dulls-nepals-beauty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNepal's once-pristine natural beauty has been ravaged by years of civil war, neglect, and corruption, the Washington Post reports. Dangerous levels of pollution now cloud Kathmandu, forcing many residents to wear masks. Even the top of Mount Everest is marred by litter left behind by generations of climbers, and many...http://www.newser.com/story/65824/pollution-dulls-nepals-beauty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Aug 2009 6:45:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59416/typing-difficxult-climber-tweets-from-everest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHe calls it the "highest blog in the world": Gavin Bate, an Irish mountain climber, has been scaling Mount Everest for the past month, sending 140-character updates on his progress via Twitter. Today he's expected to reach the summit, where he'll try to post several sponsored tweets to raise money...http://www.newser.com/story/59416/typing-difficxult-climber-tweets-from-everest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 6:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59315/abuse-of-child-witches-burgeoning.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChildren dubbed “witches” are facing increasing abuse in Nigeria and elsewhere, advocates say. “They would take my clothes off, tie me up and beat me,” said a 14-year-old, whose grandfather concluded he was a “witch” 2 years ago when he cried at the threat of being beaten with a broom....http://www.newser.com/story/59315/abuse-of-child-witches-burgeoning.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 10:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55658/royal-murders-continue-to-haunt-nepal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an effort to cover up their own difficulties, the Maoist rebels-turned-rulers who govern Nepal have relaunched a probe into the royal massacre that helped bring them to power, Time reports. The incident 8 years ago—the crown prince killed the king and nine other relatives before taking his own...http://www.newser.com/story/55658/royal-murders-continue-to-haunt-nepal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 14:21:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40431/himalaya-adventurers-find-yeti-tracks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe legendary abominable snowman of the Himalayas remains camera-shy, but a Japanese team has made a breakthrough, discovering what the lead researcher says are yeti footprints. "Myself and other team members have been coming to the Himalayas for years and we can recognize bear, deer, wolf and snow leopard prints...http://www.newser.com/story/40431/himalaya-adventurers-find-yeti-tracks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Oct 2008 16:00:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39409/18-killed-in-everest-plane-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA small tourist plane has crashed on Mt. Everest, killing 18 passengers and crew, AFP reports. Most of the passengers on the Yeti airlines flight from Kathmandu to Lukla were German tourists, officials said. Two Swiss nationals and five Nepalis were also on the passenger manifest. Witnesses said the plane...http://www.newser.com/story/39409/18-killed-in-everest-plane-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Oct 2008 3:50:30 CDT