Rights activists from Brazil, Nepal, Nigeria and Israel share 2010 ‘Alternative Nobel’

Rights activists share Alternative Nobel

STOCKHOLM — Activists from Nepal, Nigeria, Brazil and Israel were named the winners Thursday of this year’s Right Livelihood Award, also known as the “alternative Nobel,” for work that includes fighting to save the Amazon rain forest and bringing health care to Palestinians cut off from services.

Record-breaking Everest climber says global warming is making scaling the peak harder

Everest sherpa: Global warming makes climbing hard

Record-holding Sherpa to scale Mount Everest again to scatter Hillary’s ashes

Sherpa to scale Everest to scatter Hillary’s ashes

Cloud, fog cover disappoint skygazers looking for dazzling meteor showers in India, Nepal

Cloud cover blocks meteor showers in India, Nepal

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