MOVIE REVIEW: Fasten your seatbelts Transporter 2 (Action)Cast: Jason Statham, Amber Valetta, Alessandro Gassman, and Kate NautaDirection: Louis LeterrierShowing at KumariKathmandu:Welcome to the hair-spiking action flick, that almost compensates for the deficit in its original version.... Travel Abroad 22 Oct, 2005
Crown of feathers It is unfortunate that Nepal has been used as a soft target by sophisticated drug cartels and anti-social elements. The promise of a large profit from such illegal transactions is so attractive that a goodly number of poor Nepalis find it difficult to... 22 Aug, 2005
Executions, drug destruction mark Anti-Drugs Day in Asia Agence France PresseBeijing, June 26: On International Anti-Drug Day today, Asian officials from Beijing to Yangon marked their fight against an ancient scourge with a desperate mixture of executions and immolation of confiscated narcotics. China,... Women 26 Jun, 2005
SNIPPETS Avalanche kills sevenSRINAGAR: An avalanche swept a hillside in Kashmir on Monday, killing seven shepherds and injuring at least five others, police said. The avalanche hit Hanjipora village, smashing the log cabins of the shepherds, known as... Women 30 May, 2005
TOPICS : Behind diplomacy, Iran sees a fight coming Scott Peterson From Washington, the rhetoric calls for diplomatic solutions to the nuclear standoff with Iran. But Tehran also hears a growing drumbeat for war that echoes the build-up to US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. In preparation for any... 31 Mar, 2005
UN anti-drugs chief calls for conditional aid to Afghanistan Agence France PresseKabul, January 30: International aid to Afghanistan should be made conditional on the country showing real results and progress in the fight against opium production, UN anti-drugs chief Antonio Maria Costa said in an interview with... 30 Jan, 2005
LETTERS Support RNA, not criticiseThe Amnesty International (AI) has “expressed concerns over the increasing use of small arms by both the warring factions” in Nepal. While it is true small arms are now increasingly becoming a menace, large arms are also... 09 Jan, 2005
Tsunami relief War budget dwarfs aid spending George Monbiot:There has never been a moment like it on British television. The Vicar of Dibley, one of the UK’s sitcoms, was bouncing along with its usual bonhomie on New Year’s Day when it suddenly hit us with a scene from another world. Two... 06 Jan, 2005
