Indo-Kazakh expedition team reaches Mount Marble Wall summit

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - Photographs of British mountaineer George Mallory's first serious attempt to climb Everest in 1922 have been discovered, and will be put on display for the first time in nearly eight decades. Vivid images and footage of the 10-day expedition, which ended 2,000 feet from the summit when an avalanche killed seven support staff, were unearthed in the archive of the Royal Geographic Society (RGS), The Times Online reports.

August 28th, 2009 LONDON - A Bristol merchant going by the name of William Weston was the first Englishman to set foot in North America, seven years after Christopher Columbus. Two years earlier, the Venetian explorer Giovanni Cabotto - better known as John Cabot - had sailed from Bristol under a patent from King Henry.

July 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani would meet Dr. Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt on July 16, the Pakistan Foreign Office has said.

June 24th, 2009 Kazakh lawmakers back restrictive Internet lawALMATY, Kazakhstan — Kazakh lawmakers have approved Internet legislation that media rights activists say will limit freedom of speech in the Central Asian nation. The bill would subject Internet outlets — such as chat rooms, blogs and online stores — to the same criminal prosecution currently applied to traditional media.

June 17th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is on his way home after attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the BRIC, summits. The three day visit, Singh's first foreign tour after coming back to power at the centre was used by him to project India's views on global melt down, terrorism, extremist ideologies, and cross border drug trafficking.

June 15th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who arrived in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg Monday night, will be meeting four heads of state, including Chinese President Hu Jintao and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, on the sidelines of the two multilateral summits here. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the first BRIC summit of Brazil, Russia, India and China and the summit of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) here.

May 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A man from Nepal conquered Mount Everest for a breathtaking 19th time on May 21 to create environmental awareness. Apa reached the summit of the world's highest peak as part of Eco Everest Expeditions, aiming to educate climbers about their impact on the Himalayas and highlight the affects of climate change on the region.

May 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A man from Nepal conquered Mount Everest for a breathtaking 19th time on May 21 to create environmental awareness. Apa reached the summit of the world's highest peak as part of Eco Everest Expeditions, aiming to educate climbers about their impact on the Himalayas and highlight the affects of climate change on the region.

May 11th, 2009 UCI gives Armstrong's Astana team May 31 deadlineVALDOBBIADENE, Italy — Lance Armstrong's Astana team must straighten out its financial crisis by May 31 or risk being suspended. Astana team manager Johan Bruyneel said Monday that the International Cycling Union sent a warning letter to Kazakhstan's cycling federation.

May 9th, 2009 Armstrong angry over Astana crisis on eve of GiroVENICE, Italy — With his Astana team in financial crisis, Lance Armstrong suggested Wednesday that his Livestrong cancer foundation could step in and bail out the team in time for him to go for an eighth Tour de France title in July. "I don't have any concrete answers, but I suspect we can find some funding that would get us from June to the end of the year," Armstrong told a small group of reporters upon his arrival in Venice for the Giro d'Italia, which begins Saturday.

May 8th, 2009 Lance Armstrong maneuvering to take over AstanaVENICE, Italy — Lance Armstrong says he has "high interest" from sponsors if he takes over control of the Astana cycling team. The seven-time Tour de France winner also says he would do everything he could to keep Spanish rider Alberto Contador if he does end up owning the team.

May 6th, 2009 Armstrong's Astana team in financial crisisVERONA, Italy — Lance Armstrong's Astana team is in the midst of a financial crisis on the eve of the American's first Giro d'Italia. Astana spokesman Philippe Maertens confirmed reports out of Kazakhstan that the team has not been paying its riders lately.

May 6th, 2009 Armstrong angry about team's lack of financesVENICE, Italy — Lance Armstrong has lashed out at the Kazakh officials who let his Astana team fall into a financial crisis on the eve of his first Giro d'Italia. The American cyclist suggested to a select group of reporters Wednesday that his Livestrong cancer foundation could step in and bail out the team.

April 24th, 2009 LONDON - A Nepali telecom firm is set to be the first to offer mobile coverage at the top of Mount Everest. Nepal Telecom said that it would set up mobile towers in Thakdin, Manjo, Pheriche and Gorak Shep, to bring the summit within the network coverage.

April 23rd, 2009 Kazakh opposition newspaper publisher imprisonedALMATY, Kazakhstan — A Kazakh court has imprisoned the publisher of an opposition newspaper for failing to pay damages from a libel suit in a case his supporters call politically motivated. Yermurat Bapi was sentenced Thursday to five days in prison.