Fascination with the fatal mountain

Source: Globe and Mail

WADE DAVIS From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published Saturday, May. 26, 2012 2:00AM EDT Chokepoint at the Second Step: Climbers can spend hours in the death zone waiting for their turn to use the ladder. —AP Last weekend, Canadi ...
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Meadowbrook High School's Hall of Flags

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Meadowbrook High School has created its own hall of flags, flying colors from many of the nations from which its students have hailed. The list includes: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, B ...
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Upset neighbors say Kirkland condo project is too big

Source: The Seattle Times

Nobody would expect a commercially zoned, lakeview property half a mile south of downtown Kirkland to remain largely vacant forever. But neighbors were startled when a developer proposed a four-story building with up to 1 ...
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Technology in Tibet: Democratically disruptive

Source: Humanitarian News

A good read, and a reminder of how technology can, in fact, by itself sometimes be a force for good. Source: Nytimes Knock, knock, knock. His guest flinched, but the monk calmly gestured to a desktop computer next to the reli ...
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'Little Sa' winds her way up to Lhasa

Source: China Daily

Call her a canine with a dogged determination to keep running, wherever the road may lead. The homeless dog, known as Xiao Sa, has been following a team of cyclists for 24 days along 1,833 kilometers of highway from Kangding, Sic ...
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US Decision on Confucius Institutes Prompts Backlash in China

Source: The Epoch Times

A statue of Confucius in Changchun, China. (China Photos/Getty Images) A directive by the U.S. Department of State on Confucius Institutes has caused a fierce media response in China, with official and semi-offi ...
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Getting into the Yunnan spirit for wine

Source: China Daily

They are proudly produced in Yunnan, and if you like, you are welcome to come visit the vineyards from where these excellent bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon come from. And, you can be assured that the amount of grapes ...
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Japanese lady, 73, awarded for scaling Mt. Everest

Source: Sify

Kathmandu, May 26 (IANS) A 73-year-old Japanese lady who climbed Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, this past week has been awarded by the Guinness World Records. On Friday, Asian Trekking, a Kathmandu-based organisation, handed over a ...
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Tabo Monastery

Source: India Travel & Tourism

Often referred as Ajanta of the Himalayas, Tabo Monastery is situated at the height of 10,007 feet in Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh in north India. It is one of the oldest Buddhist pilgrimage centres in the Trans-Himalay ...
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