Nepali &quot;living goddess&quot; fired after U.S. visit
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A 10-year-old Nepali girl worshipped as a living goddess, or Kumari, has lost her &quot;divine&quot; status for defying tradition and visiting the United States.
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WASHINGTON : The US State Department decried acts of &quot;terrorism&quot; by Maoist rebels against civilians in Nepal, after the leftist insurgents cut off roads to Kathmandu and bombed a luxury hotel in the Himalayan country&#39;s capital.
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International flights to Nepal were turned back on Tuesday as the airport in the capital Kathmandu was closed after King Gyanendra sacked the government and assumed power, airline officials said.
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Greg Ryan has been dismissed as United States women's soccer coach, less than a month after guiding the team to a third-place finish in the Women's World Cup in China and despite compiling a 45-1-9 record in three years.
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A mosque located in Kathmandu was burnt Wednesday morning by a group of angry demonstrators in protest against the killing of 12 Nepalese workers in Iraq.
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A woman who was fired while preparing to undergo sex-change surgery was let go in violation of state anti-discrimination law, the head of Colorado's civil rights agency has ruled.
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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday cancelled his planned visit to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics after police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of anti-American demonstrators in Athens.
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BANGKOK, Thailand  - Khin Nyunt has been sacked as  prime minister of military-ruled Myanmar amid allegations of  corruption and placed under house arrest, a Thai government  spokesman said on Tuesday.
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The cable net dropped the controversial Jamaican dancehall star from a pre-Video Music Awards concert in Miami this weekend after coming under fire from gay-rights groups.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal  - Hundreds of Buddhists led by  maroon-robed monks have marched through western Nepal demanding  a ban on the U.S. movie "Hollywood Buddha," incensed by a  poster showing the film's director sitting on the head of a  Buddha image.
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Nepal came under international pressure after the United States, European Union and India recalled their ambassadors from the Himalayan outpost to protest King Gyanendra's seizure of absolute power.
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NASA on Wednesday fired a female US astronaut who made national headlines when she was arrested for driving halfway across the country in a diaper to confront a love rival.
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AIGLE, Switzerland -- Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton has been fired by his Swiss pro cycling team in the wake of his positive doping tests, the sport&#39;s world governing body said Tuesday.
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HERAT, Afghanistan  - At least seven supporters of  the ousted governor of Herat in western Afghanistan were killed  Sunday and 20 wounded in clashes with police and U.S. troops  after mobs burned U.N. offices, doctors said.
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A well-planned high-voltage publicity drama today boomeranged on BJP President LK Advani as party bickerings were telecast live, leaving the party no options but to suspend defiant general secretary Uma Bharti from the party on charges of indiscipline.
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Habitat for Humanity International said Monday it fired its founder after months of dispute over allegations of his inappropriate conduct toward a female staffer.
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The State Department on Tuesday relaxed departure rules for nonessential U.S. Embassy employees and their families in Nepal but reiterated its advice for Americans to defer travel to the Himalayan country.