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Nepal's Sherpas, the mountain kings
31/05/2013 - THE WEEK IN ASIA

Nepal's Sherpas, the mountain kings

After playing a vital role in conquering Mount Everest, Nepal's Sherpa community is now branching out into other, safer, trades. Next, Afghanistan's youth head over the border to Iran, fed up of their own country's chaos. And after being found in a sewage pipe, will the fate of Baby 59 change sexual mores in China?
Calling from the top of the world
22/05/2013 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

Calling from the top of the world

International papers are speculating on the upcoming elections in Iran, after former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is excluded from the vote. Columnists in the US are still up in arms over attacks on press freedoms, in the wake of a wiretapping scandal involving the Department of Justice and the Associated Press. And a high-altitude phone call lands one mountaineer in big trouble in Nepal.
Saudi woman summits Everest
19/05/2013 - NEPAL-SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi woman summits Everest

Raha Moharrak on Saturday made history when she became the first female mountaineer from Saudi Arabia to successfully scale Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. Saudi women are practically barred from any sports activity.
Nepalese colonel to face torture trial in London
24/01/2013 - NEPAL-UK

Nepalese colonel to face torture trial in London

Nepalese Colonel Kumar Lama, now a British resident, is to face trial in London on two charges of torture allegedly committed while he was responsible for a Nepalese army barracks in 2005.
Nepal: bad luck or human error?
28/09/2012 - THE WEEK IN ASIA

Nepal: bad luck or human error?

It's a sad start to Nepal's autumn climbing season, the peak time for tourism, after both a deadly avalanche and plane crash. Next, overcrowding, violence and a mass riot: Chinese electronics firm Foxconn is back in the headlines. Finally, Afghan authorities try to tackle the rise in insider attacks - we take a look at the re-vetting process.
Plane crashes near Kathmandu, killing all 19 on board
28/09/2012 - NEPAL

Plane crashes near Kathmandu, killing all 19 on board

A twin-engine Sita Air flight taking 19 people toward Mount Everest near dawn on Friday crashed outside the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, killing everyone on board. Seven British nationals, five Chinese and seven Nepalese died in the crash.
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Hopes fade for survivors after deadly avalanche
24/09/2012 - NEPAL

Hopes fade for survivors after deadly avalanche

Rescue teams on Monday continued their search for three mountain climbers who remained missing after an avalanche hit their camp on Sunday, killing at least nine people including four French nationals.
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Four climbers die on Mount Everest
22/05/2012 - NEPAL

Four climbers die on Mount Everest

Four climbers died of altitude sickness and exhaustion on Mount Everest after being caught up in a “traffic jam” of hundreds of climbers making a dash for the summit in a brief window of good weather at the weekend, Nepali officers said Tuesday.
The Himalayas: cannabis valley
16/12/2011 - REPORTERS

The Himalayas: cannabis valley

Hidden in the Himalayas, Parvati valley produces some of the purest hashish in the world. But it is now being targeted by the authorities. In this land where cannabis is king, two France 24 journalists accompanied the police on their raids against the drug traffickers and growers in the Manali region of northern India. This is their exclusive report.
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Was the Libyan mass grave faked?
27/09/2011 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

Was the Libyan mass grave faked?

In today's pick of the international press we look at army defections in Syria, ongoing repression in Bahrain, Libya and kung fu fighting Buddhist nuns in Nepal.
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