Nepal stun Vietnam in AFC Youth Championship KATHMANDU, Sept 27 - Nepal has stunned Vietnam in the AFC Youth Championship being held in Malaysia. Nepal started the match brightly as Pradip Maharjan tested Vietnamese goalkeeper as early as the 7th minute. Nepal continued to dominate Vietnam in the first half although no goals were scored. In the second half, Nepal was awarded a penalty kick in the 62nd minute after Doan Viet Cuong handled the ball inside the D-box. Pradip Maharjan converted the resulting spot kick. Nepal had lost its first match with Japan 3-0. Nepal will now face host Malaysia. 40 families displaced in Solukhumbu     KATHMANDU, Sept 16 - Maoists in Solukhumbu district have forced the eviction of nearly forty families for refusing to join their party. Our Solukhumbu correspondent reports, over 250 people of nearly 40 families were forcefully evicted from their homes within the last week due to Maoists threats. The reports say the Maoist seized the houses and lands of those who Those displaced people have been forced to flee to India or take shelter in Kathmandu.  In yet another incident, the Maoists abducted eight workers of Peoples Front Nepal (PFN) in Panchthar district   New Everest record is confirmed   Pemba Dorje supplied evidence of his Everest ascent to an enquiry The authorities in Nepal have upheld the record of Pemba Dorje Sherpa as the fastest Mount Everest climber. The announcement follows an enquiry into his ascent of the world's tallest mountain earlier this year. Twelve Everest summiteers questioned Pemba's record last June, arguing that he had not even reached the summit. All of the complainants were Everest summiteers, including Lakpa Gelu Sherpa whose speed record Pemba broke in eight hours and 10 minutes. Evidence checked Upholding Pemba's claim, the tourism ministry said that his team had proof that the Everest summit was reached on 20 May. It said the evidence cross-checked by the team included flags, photographs and a written document which he had seen or collected on his ascent of the 8,850 m peak. There has been bitter disagreement over who holds the Everest record The ministry said that Pemba had contacted a government official at Everest's base camp to inform them regularly of his progress, and had given a detailed description of items left at the mountain by a climber who reached it a day before him. The investigators also said that they had seen photographs taken by other mountaineers that showed Pemba going up Mount Everest. The complainants had argued that no one had seen him going up or coming down. The BBC's Navin Khadka in Kathmandu says that the enquiry's conclusions mean that Pemba is now officially confirmed as having beaten Lakpa's record of 10 hours and 56 minutes last year. Claim and counter-claim Our Correspondent says that the two men are bitter rivals, constantly challenging each other over claims as to how fast they have climbed Everest The bickering began last year, when Lakpa Gelu Sherpa climbed the world's tallest peak in a record-breaking 10 hours and 56 minutes. Pemba Dorje Sherpa did indeed scale the peak in eight hours and 10 minutes on May 21 Nepalese tourism ministry statement Three days earlier, Pemba Dorje Sherpa made it to the top in 12 hours and 45 minutes. He then filed a complaint at the tourism ministry claiming that Lakpa's feat was not proven. The government launched an investigation which finally upheld Lakpa's record. When Pemba made it to the top in a new time of eight hours and 10 minutes, he in turn was questioned along similar lines by Lakpa and the other Everest summiteers. They argued that the weather was so bad on the day Pemba claimed to have reached the peak that no expedition group on Everest could continue their climbs. They also said that the evidence Pemba submitted at the tourism ministry does not justify his claim that he reached the summit. CIAA has outgrown as epitome of regression: Koirala       KATHMANDU, Sept 16 - Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala has alleged that Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has outgrown as the epitome of “regression.” Speaking after an informal meeting of Congress central committee Thursday, Koirala reiterated his defiant statement, “I would rather opt to go to jail than to appear before the CIAA.” The informal meeting of NC central members held at Koirala’s residence in Maharajgunj concluded that the state was “functioning under the guidance of regressive forces” in the country, which in their own terms was a “conspiracy against democracy.” The NC meetings also called upon all the party cadres to further intensify the upcoming agitation to be launched in the capital by four party alliances. NC’s sister wing, Nepal Students Union, has also criticized the Apex Court’s verdict on Koiral’s case yesterday

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