Giant honeybees skilled at the wave: attacking hornets repelled when colony shimmers en masse.
Like fans in a stadium, giant honeybees at their nest make big, rippling audience waves, new video shows. And the bee waves are spooky enough to drive away predatory hornets, an international research team reports online September 10 in PLoS ONE. Giant honeybees (Apis dorsata),...

Christians hail Nepal's shift to secular republic.
Christians in Nepal have joined in celebrations to mark the transition of the Himalayan Hindu kingdom of Nepal into a secular republic after a decision by the nation's newly elected constituent assembly to abolish the monarchy. "This is a victory for people and bodes well for freedom...

Nepal.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As one of the world's poorest countries, and surrounded by the two most populous nations, Nepal has had a difficult political history. With a land area of more than 140,000 square kilometres and a population of 28 million, it has been wracked by a decade...

Travel Business News - Asia / Pacific.
Jun 30, 2008 After a tumultuous few months of anti-government protests, as well as other security concerns, China's government is reopening Tibet to foreign tourists, the Associated Press reports. The first visitors arrived Wednesday morning, according to the Tibetan Tourism Bureau. There were earlier plans to reopen...

On top of the world and wired: a critique of Nepal's e-commerce law.
I. Objectives of the Article The objectives of this article are to: (1) describe the economic and political problems currently facing Nepal; (2) explain the positive role that e-commerce could have in the economic development of the country; (3) explain the role of electronic signatures, cryptology, public...

Dohori song in the "New Nepal": the Nepali dohori song embodies the political and social changes of "New Nepal" as the genre struggles in a shift from traditional love song to commercialized music.
At an all-night songfest in Nepal's Gorkha district, during the festival of Chandi Purnima in late May, a dohori song took a surprising turn: the male singer asked his female partner to take him away with her, the opposite of traditional custom. After consulting with her friends,...

Nepal campaigners turn to media.
Byline: Rabi Khadka KATHMANDU, NEPAL (dpa) -- On the last day of campaigning allowed, Nepal's political parties have gone all out in a new tactic - advertising in newspapers, on radio and television and on the internet. A sharp departure from traditional door-to-door campaigning and...

Fertility-limiting behavior and contraceptive choice among men in Nepal.
CONTEXT: Contraceptive choices among men who want no more children have been little explored in South Asia, particularly in Nepal, where fertility rates have remained high over the last few decades. METHODS: Using the 2001 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey couple data set, multinomial logistic regression analyses...

Changing family formation in Nepal: marriage, cohabitation and first sexual intercourse.
CONTEXT: In Nepal, marriage occurs at a relatively young age and arranged weddings are widespread. However, recent changes in the family formation process and the timing of first sexual intercourse suggest that a transformation may be under way. METHODS: Data on marriage, cohabitation and first sexual intercourse...

Birthday of His Majesty, King Gyanendra Bin Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal.
TODAY, the Nepalese celebrate the birthday of His Majesty, King Birendra bin Bikram Shah Dev. Seen as a benevolent monarch, King Birendra ruled Nepal for 18 years (1972-1990) before the people's movement of 1990 convinced him to lift the ban on political parties and hand over sovereignty...