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Kapilvastu Day Celebrated
Nepali compatriots in North America celebrated Kapilvastu Day organizing several programmes. Patriotism and Nepali expatriates’ yearning for
territorial integrity, peace, social justice and equitable distribution of means of production were clearly expressed in these programmes.
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KFC in Nepal
Nov. 27 - KFC, an international fast-food restaurant chain has been opened in Kathmandu, capital city of Nepal. More than 500 people were served
in the first two hours of business. According to KFC and Pizza Hut many of the ingredients are imported from abroad, including the chicken from
Brazil and potatoes from Australia. Nepalese farmers are wondering why KFC and Pizza Hut need to import these while they are readily available in Nepal.
Montreal Celebrates Dashan 2009!
One of the biggest festivals of Nepal - Dashain celebrated in Montreal on October 3, 2009. As usual, Association of Nepalese in Quebec (ANQ)
organized the Dashain party with a cultural program. Nepali folk dances and songs followed by pomes and jokes and delicious food were unique features
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NRN Canada's First Newsletter - 3 North American Candidates
NRN Canada recently published it’s first Newsletter “Nava-Sandesh” covering it’s overall activities.
“The primary objective of projecting Nava–Sandesh in front of you is to build a strong communication linkage among Nepalis living in Canada,
Nepal and all over the world. We aim to achieve this remarkable goal by establishing NAVA-SANDESH as a platform for exchanging news and views
among Nepalis around the globe.
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The Biggest Festival of Nepal: Dashain
During the month of Kartik in the Bikram Sambat calendar (late September and early October), the Nepalese people indulge
in the biggest festival of the year, Dashain. Dashain is the longest and the most auspicious festival in the Nepalese annual calendar,
celebrated by Nepalese of all caste and creed throughout the country. The fifteen days of celebration occurs during the bright lunar fortnight
ending on the day of the full moon.
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Family Eager For More Adventures After Eco-trip
Calgary Teachers Steve Smith and Francine Payant, and their children Sabrina, 12, and Noah, 11, recently returned from a once-in-a-lifetime
eco-adventure taking them to ecosystems on three continents. During an eight-day Nepalese trek, Noah celebrated his eleventh birthday at an altitude
of 2,853 metres in the village of Ghorepani.He read all he could about trekking, memorizing the names and elevations of each mountain as he and
his family hiked rocky paths, stopping to rest at various hillside teahouses.
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Water For Health
We all know that we
should drink lots of water, suggested amounts are upwards of 1.5litres a day (The British Dietetic Association advises that we
should consume 2.5 litres a day to remain healthy). However there is a lot of controversy; do tea and coffee count? How about squash or herbal tea?
Should you have an extra glass for each alcoholic drink? The following report will try and answer:
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We Are One – Leaders, Wake Up!
We are Nepalese. We are one.
We, as individuals, have personal identity with names, so that all the ethnic groups have their identities. As we respect each individual,
we have to respect all the ethnic groups. As individuals we cannot be divided, so the ethnic groups also cannot be divided. This applies even
more to the Nepali nation and Nepali people. We are one. Only if we are one, the nation will stand and survive.
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Canada Day 2009
July 1, 2009
Canada Day is an opportunity to gather in our communities, from coast to coast
to coast, and to proudly celebrate all we have in common. It is an opportunity to celebrate our achievements, which were born in the audacious vision
and shared values of our ancestors, and which are voiced in nearly all of the languages of the world through the contribution of new Canadians.
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As The World Mourns, Attention Turns To Star's Drug Use
June 27, 2009
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson apparently
suffered a heart attack, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press yesterday.
Police sought to talk to the doctor who was with the music icon during his last minutes and pumped his chest in a vain attempt to save his life.
As grief for the King of Pop poured out around the world, from the icons of music to heartbroken fans, an autopsy showed no sign of trauma to Jackson,
whose death came just weeks before he was to launch an epic comeback bid in a series of 50 concerts in London.
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Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day: Québec's Fête Nationale
June 24, 2009
Every year, on the 24th of June,
all Québécois get together with friends and family to celebrate their Fête Nationale (National Holiday); la Saint-Jean-Baptiste. It is a privileged
moment to celebrate our identity, our pride of what we were, of what we are and of what we dream of becoming. But what are the origins of this great
national celebration?
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Global Day of Action Against Indian Aggression in Nepal
June 17, 2009
June 15, The Progressive Nepali Forum in Americas (PNEFA) in collaboration with other organizations around the world today held a global day
of action against Indian aggression in Nepal. Except for the New York rally, where our brothers and sisters were mistreated by the “Brown Sahibs”
while trying to handover the letter addressed to the Indian PM, today’s historic protests were held successfully from Taiwan, Japan, Germany,
Belgium, Canada, UK, Australia and Nepal.
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Building a Home for the Children of Nepal
June 12, 2009
DoSomething , headed by Fast
Company columnist Nancy Lublin, has recognized four young social entrepreneurs with $10,000 grants--and one with a
prize of $100,000. Fast Company has profiled one of these enterprising youth each day this week. This is the last in the series. When Maggie Doyne
was 19, she traveled to Nepal and made a call to her parents from a tiny shack of a phone booth. She told ...
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A Nepali Scientist's Discovery Offers New Hope For The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Alzheimer Disease
In a study published on May 15, Dr. Hemant Paudel, his PhD student Dong Han and postdoctoral fellows Hamid Qureshi and Yifan Lu
of the McGill University and the affiliated Lady Davis Research Institute for Medical Research at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital,
report that the addition of a single phosphate to an amino acid in a key brain protein is a principal cause of Alzheimer Disease (AD).
Identifying this phosphate, one of up to two-dozen such molecules, could make earlier diagnosis of the disease possible and might,
in the longer term, lead to the development of drugs to block its onset.
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ANQ : Nepali Night 2066
"I never expected that there is a Nepalese
Community here in Montreal", said a Nepali speaking Bhutanese refugees, eager to express his happiness to NCN about his recent arrival in Montreal
and his introduction to its flourishing Nepalese community. 18 April 2009 marked the second year that the Association of Nepalese in Quebec (ANQ)
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Former-Communist leader elected Nepalese PM
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- An unopposed former Communist leader was elected Nepal's new prime minister Saturday, ending nearly
three weeks of political uncertainty.
Madhav Kumar Nepal of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) was the only person to serve as a candidate for the post after he received backing from more than 20 of the 25 parties in parliament. More...