Word: nepal
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...over, good news comes this summer from Sindh, Pakistan. In June, a new "vulture restaurant" opened to provide safe food for the endangered birds - no reservations needed, but it's always a fierce fight for the flesh. Similar vulture ventures have already been successful in South Africa, India and Nepal, where one region in which a restaurant started to provide vultures with clean carcasses saw a doubling of nesting pairs in just two years, according to Bird Conservation Nepal...
...impetus for the great democratic revolution that the world has been trying, and failing, to force onto the North Korean people. Of course the threat that it could all be taken away will surely give Pyongyang something to think about before dragging its feet. Tapas Barsimha Thapa, Bhaktapur, Nepal...
...corrodes efforts to increase foreign investment and degrades daily life for everyone from pedicab drivers to entrepreneurs. On its graft-perception index that assigns the cleanest country a rank of 1, global corruption watchdog Transparency International rates Indonesia a dismal 126th out of 180 nations, worse than Nigeria and Nepal. But Yudhoyono made tackling corruption a pillar of his first term. In a country where leaders are expected to protect their own family or clan even at the expense of the state, S.B.Y. didn't stand in the way of the corruption conviction last month of a prominent banker whose...
...Versions of Section 377 - often identified by the same three digits - exist throughout the former British colonies of Asia and Africa, and there is some hope among activists in the region that today's ruling will help efforts elsewhere. Nepal has already overturned the law, but as the largest country in South Asia, India's repeal effort has been watched especially closely. "We have had a very progressive leadership, and I sincerely hope that the Indian decision will help us in the right direction," says Sahran Abeysundera, a gay rights activist in Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital. As in India...
...page that belittled India's achievement in holding the world's largest ever election, with minimal disruption and violence, and no controversies (à la hanging or pregnant chads). This election is a beacon of hope in a region that only seems to produce bad news from Nepal to Sri Lanka, Afghanistan to Burma. No wonder India is so disillusioned with the attitudes of the West. Like most people, Indians have long memories. One day, the West will come to rue this indifference toward a country that is one of very few true democracies outside Europe and North America. Alex Joseph...