Julian explains – “Why the world needs WikiLeaks” in a talk with TED’s Chris Anderson. In th e19 minutes video he explains how the site operates, what it has accomplished, and what drives him.
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WikiLeaks website pulled by Amazon.com amidst political pressure in US
WikiLeaks servers at Amazon ousted. Free speech the land of the free–fine our $ are now spent to employ people in Europe.
After an hour another update was posted:
If Amazon are so uncomfortable with the first amendment, they should get out of the business of selling books.
MaHa Comedy – Dhalmati
The episode was broadcasted on November 30 and December 7, 2010 in Nepal Television.
Starring:Â Hari Bansha Acharya, Madan Krishna Shrestha, Narendra Kansakar etc.
WikiLeaks down in US and Europe, Sarah Palin wants US to hunt Assange like Osama bin Laden
Various political leaders have wished to punish the 39 year-old founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange for releasing the confidential diplomatic documents.
Canadian PM advisor wants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange killed
In an interview with CBC news, an adviser to Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, Prof Tom Flanagan, said, “I think Assange should be assassinated actually … There is no good coming of this.â€
A t the end
of the interview, Prof Flangan added, “I wouldn’t feel unhappy if Assange disappeared.â€
Interpol has issued a “Red Notice†alert for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, in relation to two rape charges issued by Swedish police.
The 39 year-old Julian Assange, is already facing legal problems on an unrelated case. Interpol has issued "Red Notice" alert for him in charge of two rape charges issued by Swedish police.
Online movie award – Merocinema Popular Awards announced
The website will ask the movie lovers all around the world to select best in the 15 different categories and vote for them.
There is no doubt that the "virtual award" is a new experiment in Nepal. We have seen the online voting system to be biased and the best (and the busiest) artists usually are defeated in such polls.
Although merocinema has posted about the support from various personnel from the Nepali movie industry, details on the timeline, rules, methodology, and prizes are not publicized yet.
We wish all the best to the new experiment in the Nepali movie industry.
Will Nepal government block WikiLeaks? China has !
Some of the cables related to China are told to contain communications stating –
- China’s Politburo directed a cyber intrusion into Google’s computer systems…
- Chinese diplomat quoted describing North Korea as a "spoiled child" …
- North Korea’s communist regime would likely collapse within three years of the death of ruler Kim Jong Il
- Chinese leaders were prepared to accept South Korea’s eventual rule
Little is known about what is there in case of Nepal. I wonder if the Nepal government wants to block the website in Nepal.
Miss Little Culture, Pokhara is Tushar Dube
The first runner up of the contest was Miss Ishma Gurung and second runnerup was Pringja Gurung. Ishma was also the Most Confident and Pringja also received the Best Cultural Dress title.
This should be the most rewarding contest as every contestant received at least one title. The title winners were:
- Miss Tushar Dube – Miss Little Culture
- Miss Ishma gurung – First runner up – Miss Little Culture and Most Confident
- Miss Pringja Gurung – Second
runner up – Miss Little culture and Best Cultural Dress - Miss Liza Koirala – Viewer’s Choice – Most Cute
- Miss Liza Pun – Most Disciplined
- Miss Sushma Poudel – Most Friendly
- Miss Ashminta Pun – Best Performence
- Miss Jesika Pun – Most Cute
- Miss Sophiya Kunwar – Best Smile
I wonder if they had some more titles and they didn’t have contestant to award the title.
US government nightmare – WikiLeaks released US diplomatic cables – 2600 cables from Kathmandu
A website popular for releasing secret military and government documents, WikiLeaks has started releasing more than 251,000 cables from various embassies all around the world. The website says that the cables from the US Embassy in Nepal counts 2600.
According to the chart in the WikiLeaks website, cables from Kathmandu are:
- Secret – 84
- Confidential – 1399
- Unclassified – 795
That makes a total – 2278. I have no idea what other 322 cables are related to.
Miss Sherpa 2011 to be held on
Kala Sanskriti Sanrakchyan Kendra is going to organize the 2011 edition of Miss Sherpa. The organization has told that it has received the permission to organize the beauty contest from the Sherpa Association of Nepal. The slogan of this year’s contest is "Promote Culture, Save Identity".
Last year’s Miss Sherpa was not that successful due to the less number of participants. This year the organizers have already started the promotion to attract a large number of Sherpa beauties to participate in the contest.
The winner of the contest will receive a sum of Rs. 50,000. The first runner up and second runner
up will receive Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 20,000 respectively. Miss Sherpa 2011 will also be appointed the ‘Sherpa Cultural Ambassador’.
The final contest will be held in the first half of January, 2011 in Pragya Pratisthan, Kathmandu.
Winnie Langley gave-up smoking at 102 and died within a year
A lady, Winnie Langley, who smoked for more than 95 years and made headlines when she lit the cigarette from the candle on her 100th birthday cake, died almost at the age of 103. That was just one month short of her 103rd birthday, on July 27, 2010, to be precise.
Winnie started smoking at the age of 8 and never stopped until she was persuaded to stop it at the age of 102. She used to say that cigarettes helped calm her nerves during the world wars. She outlived her husband, son and all of her 10 step-children.
When her her eyesight got worse and she couldn’t see the end of a match she was persuaded to stop smoking just before Christmas of 2009 (about 7 months before she died). But, the real reason might be something else. As she couldn’t afford the cost of cigarette, she had already cut her 5-cigarettes-a-day routine to one-a-day. (Photo credits – croydonguardian)
Farping – The first hydroelectricity project in Nepal
A beautiful photo of the first hydroelectricity project in Nepal, Farping.
Photo credit – Yadav Bhattarai.
Namrata to organize a concert to help Kumar Kancha
In a latest news, Namrata Shrestha is told to be organizing a huge concert on December 18, 2010 to raise fund for the treatment of bed-ridden singer Kumar Kancha. Well known singer, Kancha, had recently went through spinal cord surgery and
Namrata has recently finished shooting of one of her movies “Miss U…” and another movie, “Purle Days”, is yet to commence. She has made a wise use of her free time by hosting the concert featuring the popular singers in Nepal. Currently, Namrata is searching for the sponsors of the event.
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Dinesh DC denies wrongdoing allegation
Dinesh is running a reality TV show called "Pratibha ko Khoji" and he had collected money to help treat a sick child. The mother of the child accused Dinesh DC of trying to avoid handing over the money to them. A television ran an interview with the child’s mother, Laxmi Parajuli, who accused Dinesh of keeping the charity money to himself.
Yamaha Motorcycle Race 2010 held in Kathmandu
There were 46 contestants each in R-15 and FZ competition. Samar was the winner of R-15 competition and Manish won FZ competition. Benjamin Gautam and Prashant Timsina were placed the second respectively. The participants had to drive 4-5 laps to complete the race.
The winners each got a cash prize of Rs. 20,000 and they will represent Nepal in the race to be held in Chennai, India. The second place winners received cash prize of Rs. 10,000 each.
UPDATE by Suraj Krishna Mali: There were a total of 96 participants in both R15 and FZ catogies. In R15 and FZ catogory Mr. Samar Manandhar and Mr. Manish Shrestha was winner accordingly. As the winners they represented Nepal in Chhenai Championship, India, to be held in January of 2011. As the second place winners Mr. Benjamin Gautam and Karan Khatiwada got Rs. 20,000 cash prize each for R15 and FZ category and Mr. Prashant Timsina and Mr. Bibek Kumar Mandal got Rs. 10000 cash prize as a Third place in each category respectively.