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Tuesday, February 19, 2013


UPDATE MEETING TO FORM ELECTION GOVT. INCONCLUSIVE Kathmandu, 19 Feb.: A meeting of the Big Three and Madesh Morcha at the residence of Chairman Prachanda to discuss an election was inconclusive Tuesday. Leaders are meeting again Tuesday evening amid a fluid political situation. nnnn ONE DEAD, 12 INJURED AS BUS OVERTURNS IN BARDIYA Kathmandu, 19 Feb.: One person on a wedding died Tuesday whena bus overturned in Bardiya. Twelve others were injured. The driver is absconding. nnnn TWO DEAD IN SUNSARI, UDAYPUR ACCIDENTS Kathmandu, 19 Feb.: Two people died and nearly a dozen others were injured in separate road accidents in Sunsari and Udaypur districts, Monday night, RSS reports from Itahari. According to the East Regional Traffic Police Office, Itahari, Mishreeelal Manik, 50, of Hanumannagar-2 in Saptari district died after a bus (Sa 1 Kha 518) heading towards Rajbiraj from Biratnagar met with an accident at Haripur road section. Manik died on the way to hospital. The injured in the same accident are undergoing treatment at various hospitals in the district. Similarly, Ranjina Pahadi, 8, of Sindhuli died after a jeep (Ba 3 Cha 4060) hit the girl at Udaypur-4. She died while undergoing treatment, said police. Meanwhile, a policeman died in a mysterious condition at the major customs check point of Mahottari district, Bhiththamod, last night. The deceased has been identified as Laxmi Jha, 30, of Pipara VDC-8 in Mahottari district. The Border Police Post, Bhiththamod, found him in an unconscious condition at 10:30 pm. Jha, a policeman at the Devadiha Police Post of Dhanusha district, had gone to Bhiththamod of India on Monday to repair a motorcycle and the Border Police Post found him in an unconscious state reportedly following an accident near Dasgaja. Police said Jha´s death is mysterious as the body bears no injuries. Nnnn FORMER QUEEN CELEBRATEES 63RD BIRTHDAY IN SIMARA Kathmandu, 19 Feb.: Former Queen Komal celebrated her63rd birthday in Simara Monday—the first time outside the capital, Annapurna Post reports from Pathalaiya. She celebrated the birthday at the home of Prabhu Shumshere whose house was open for well-wishers for three hours from two in the afternoon. Former King Gyanendra stayed indoor .as the former queen received greetings from people. The former royal couple are on a private visit in Simara. Former Crown Princess Himani and daughter Prerana were seen among the well-wishers. nnnn US SHOOTER WANTED TO WANTED TO KILL MORE THAN 77 PERSONS l Kathmandu, 19 Feb.: The man who shot dead 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school wanted to kill more people than the 77 slain by a Norwegian man in a 2011 rampage, CBS News reported on Monday, citing unnamed law enforcement sources, Reuters reports from New York.. A Connecticut state police spokesman dismissed the report as inaccurate speculation. Adam Lanza, 20, who killed himself as police closed in on him at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, saw himself in direct competition with Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting attack in Norway on July 22, 2011, CBS said. Breivik surrendered to police. Citing two officials briefed on the Newtown investigation, CBS said Lanza targeted the elementary school because he saw it as the "easiest target" with the "largest cluster of people." The report did not say how the investigators learned of Lanza's desire to compete with Breivik. Lanza was also motivated by violent videogames and had spent numerous hours playing games and working on his computer shooting skills in a private gaming room in his basement with blacked out windows, CBS said. Investigators recovered a large number of games from the basement, the report said. Evidence shows that in his mind, Lanza was likely acting out the fantasies of a videogame during his shooting spree with each death amounting to some kind of "score," CBS said. Lanza killed 20 schoolchildren aged 6 and 7 plus six adults who worked at the school, shocking the United States and leading President Barack Obama to propose new gun-control legislation. Authorities have not publicly spoken of his motive. "This is not official Connecticut State Police information and is someone's speculation regarding the case," Connecticut State Police Lieutenant Paul Vance told Reuters in an email statement. When asked if the CBS report was in any way accurate, Vance responded, "No." Breivik, a self-styled warrior against Muslim immigration, killed eight people by bombing the Oslo government headquarters and then shot dead 69 people at the ruling party's summer youth camp. A Norwegian judge last year sentenced Breivik to the maximum 21 years in prison, though his release can be put off indefinitely should he be deemed a threat to society. Nnnn NESTLE DISTRIBUTES HORSE MEAT AS BEEF Kathmandu, 19 Feb.:: Nestle(NESN.VX), the world's biggest food company, has removed beef pasta meals from sale in Italy and Spain after finding traces of horse DNA, Reuters reports from London. . The discovery of horsemeat in products labelled as beef has spread across Europe since last month, prompting product withdrawals, consumer anger and government investigations into the continent's complex food-processing chains. Swiss-based Nestle, which just last week said its products had not been affected by the scandal, said its tests had found more than 1 percent horse DNA in two products. "We have informed the authorities accordingly," Nestle said in a statement on Monday. "There is no food safety issue." Nestle withdrew two chilled pasta products, Buitoni Beef Ravioli and Beef Tortellini, in Italy and Spain, Lasagnes à la Bolognaise Gourmandes, a frozen product for catering businesses produced in France, will also be withdrawn. Nestle was suspending deliveries of all products made using beef from a German subcontractor to one of its suppliers, Nestle said. Governments across Europe have stressed that horsemeat poses little or no health risk, although some carcasses have been found tainted with a painkiller banned for human consumption. But the scandal has damaged the confidence of consumers in supermarkets and fast food chains since horsemeat was first identified in Irish beefburgers. Retailer Lidl said on Monday it had withdrawn products from its stores in Finland and Sweden after finding traces of horsemeat. nnnn

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