LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Jan. 20, 2012) – Heifer International, the global hunger nonprofit, is launching a new $23.8 million project in Nepal, with the goal of assisting 138,000 small-scale farmers.

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Brussels (April 19, 2011) – A senior United Nations human rights official on Tuesday urged Nepal to quickly enact the draft laws that will establish a commission to probe enforced disappearances in the Asian country and create a mechanism to seek the truth about conflict-related abuses and facilitate national reconciliation.

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Brussels (March 23, 2011) – The United Nations and its humanitarian partners in Nepal are rushing aid to almost 5,000 people left homeless when fire swept through two refugee camps in the east of the Himalayan country.

“Fire in two camps on the same day is a disaster,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees country representative Stephane Jaquemet said of Tuesday’s blaze, which destroyed some 700 shelters of refugees originating from Bhutan.

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United Nations, Brussels (January 15, 2011) – The outgoing United Nations envoy to Nepal, Karin Landgren, today welcomed an agreement reached overnight between the Government and the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist on arrangements to continue the monitoring of arms and armies after UN mission’s mandate ends tonight.

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New York, NY (January 11, 2011) – An international team of archaeologists has begun a three-year survey, coordinated by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, of the archaeological ruins of Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha in Nepal. Lumbini is a world-renowned Buddhist pilgrimage destination and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1997.

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Conrad Anker and Leo Houlding search for the truth about Mallory's Everest expedition.

Directed by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Anthony Geffen and featuring the vocal talents of narrators Liam Neeson, Hugh Dancy, the late Natasha Richardson, Ralph Fiennes and Alan Rickman, The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest is a breathtaking mountaineering adventure that seeks to provide answers to the enduring mystery of the death of George Mallory on Mount Everest.

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