Pokhara, Nepal's second largest city, is situated in a valley about 200 kilometers west of Kathmandu and is exalted as a "paradise for trekking." Tourists all around the world flock there for its tranquil scenery. However, the transportation to and from that remote corner poses a big problem. Nepal has only one international airport, in its capital. While the flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara takes only 20 minutes, the old Pokhara Airport, with its outdated facilities and pint-sized 1,400-meter runway, can hardly meet the surging demand. The only alternative is a six-hour mountainous ordeal by car, scarcely more accommodating.
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Political integrity will be a primary criterion and the majority of the positions in Party and government agencies above the provincial level will require two years of grassroots work experience, according to the administration.
Politico reported that the former New York mayor's spending on ads in the roughly three weeks since late November is more than double the combined ad spending of every single non-billionaire candidate in the Democratic field this entire year.
Pilot free trade zones will be allowed to undertake more experiments with reform and opening-up, and the number of comprehensive zones for cross-border e-commerce will rise, as an effort to seek innovation in foreign trade growth, a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang decided on Wednesday.
Police supervise as locals shop for supplies at a supermarket which has electric power in Batemans Bay, New South Wales, on Sunday. TRACEY NEARMY/REUTERS
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Police in Linyi county of Shanxi province said on Tuesday they broke up a suspected criminal gang headed by a senior official at the local court, thepaper.cn reported Friday.
Pianist Lang Lang will release his latest recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's monumental keyboard work, the Goldberg Variations, under the label of Deutsche Grammophon on Sept 4.
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Police and education authorities in Beijing are probing a child abuse case at the Xintiandi branch of RYB Education Kindergarten, a well-known chain of preschools.