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BARDIYA: A pressure cooker bomb was found on the premises of District Land Reforms Office on Saturday morning. Locals coming out for a morning walk had spotted the bomb at the office gate. According to police, they had cordoned off the area after information. Inspector Prakash Sapkota said a bomb disposal team of the Armed Police Force reached the spot four hours later.

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Police in central China have encircled a remote hilltop where a gunman suspected of killing 12 people, including his father, was believed to be hiding, state media said.

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BEIJING: Police in central China encircled Sunday a remote hilltop where a gunman suspected of killing 12 people, including his father, was believed to be hiding, state media said.

Special police and paramilitary troops have cornered suspect Liu Aibing, 34, on the hilltop in Hunan province and are closing in on him, the Hunan government news website Hongwang reported.

Liu is suspected of shooting 12 people dead with a hunting rifle and seriously wounding two others on Saturday in Yinshanpai village, the report said.

Six wooden homes were also torched in the rampage, it said.

Earlier, Xinhua news agency said 11 people were killed and five homes were destroyed by fire.

The killings occurred early Saturday evening, Xinhua said.

Liu, a migrant worker, had recently returned from southern China's Guangdong province where he had sought employment, the Hongwang report said. He has a history of mental illness, it added.

Among the dead were Liu's father and several close relatives, it said.

The Hunan killings are the latest family-related murders in China in recent weeks.

Earlier this month, police in southwest China captured a man suspected of murdering his parents and four other relatives after he escaped from a mental hospital in Yunnan province.

In late November, police in the southern Hainan province captured a man suspected of hacking to death his parents, wife, sons and sister in Beijing.

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Tika Bista

Himalayan News Service

RUKUM: Police arrested 11 cadres of the UCPN-Maoist on Saturday for their suspected hand in the assault on journalist Tika Bista. Udayaraj Upreti, officiating head of DPO, said those arrested were the members of YCL and ANNISU-R. They include YCL district member Suresh KC and ANNISU-R district member Keshav Rawal. The police have not disclosed the names of other suspects. Bista has been undergoing treatment in Kathmandu Model Hospital. According to the doctors, she is recovering gradually. A team of the Federation of Nepali Journalists is in Rukum to probe into the incident.

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Day 1
Place & Transport
Arrive in Beijing
Today’s Activities
CTO guide will meet you at Beijing airport and transfer you to the 5 star hotel we booked for you. The rest of today is free for you.
Meals
None
Accommodation
Prime Hotel, Beijing
Day 2
Place & Transport
Beijing
Today’s Activities
Pick you up at the hotel. Start to explore the capital city by visiting Tiananmen Square. Getting through the Tiananmen Gate Tower to see the splendid Forbidden City which presents more than 500 years history. After lunch, drive to Temple of Heaven, a site for ancient emperors worshipped and prayed for good harvest. Enjoy Beijing Roast Duck as dinner before appreciating the fascinating Peking Opera in the VIP zone at Liyuan Theatre.
Attractions
Forbidden City Temple of Heaven Tiananmen Square
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner(Peking Duck Banquet)
Accommodation
Prime Hotel, Beijing
Day 3
Place & Transport
Beijing
Today’s Activities
Discover the magnificent sights and stunning views of Great Wall by strolling along the well-preserved Badaling Great Wall. Enjoy CTO special lunch arrangement in a featured local style restaurant. Head towards the imperial Ming Tombs through Sacred Way in the afternoon.
Attractions
Badaling Great Wall Ming Tombs Sacred Way
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation
Prime Hotel, Beijing
Day 4
Place & Transport
Beijing-Xian
Today’s Activities
Visit Summer Palace, the imperial garden of Qing Dynasty. Then experience the authentic local life style of Hutong culture by rickshaw. Transfer to the airport and take the flight to Xian. CTO local guide will meet you at the airport. A sumptuous western buffet dinner will be served in the hotel tonight.
Attractions
Summer Palace
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation
Grand New World Hotel, Xian
Day 5
Place & Transport
Xian
Today’s Activities
Drive to the world miracle Terra-Cotta Army to witness the fantastic project. Then back to downtown to have lunch. See Xian City Wall and the well-preserved Great Mosque, then enjoy some free time in the nearby Muslim Food Street. You will be kindly regaled with both the dinner of Dumpling Banquet and the splendid Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show at a well-decorated local restaurant.
Attractions
Great Mosque Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show Terracotta Army Xian City Wall (Xian Chengqiang)
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Dumpling Banquet)
Accommodation
Grand New World Hotel, Xian
Day 6
Place & Transport
Xian-Shanghai
Today’s Activities
Head towards Shaanxi History Museum and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the land mark of Xian. After lunch, transfer to airport and take the flight to Shanghai. CTO local guide will meet you at Shanghai airport. Today’s dinner will be served at an elegant and exquisite restaurant to try the authentic Shanghai cuisine.
Attractions
Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayan Ta) Shaanxi History Museum
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation
Lexington Plaza Mingde Shanghai
Day 7
Place & Transport
Shanghai
Today’s Activities
Visit Shanghai Museum in the morning. Head towards the classic Yuyuan Garden, and the featured Xintiandi, where you will experience the fashionable atmosphere of the metropolis but also get more idea of the unique construction in 1930s. Pay a visit to the Site of First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Today’s dinner will be followed by the exciting Acrobatic Show.
Attractions
Shanghai Museum Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China Xintiandi Yuyuan Garden Chinese Acrobatic Show
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation
Lexington Plaza Mingde Shanghai
Day 8
Place & Transport
Departure from Shanghai
Today’s Activities
After breakfast, your wonderful China tour ends. Please arrange your transportation to the airport to exit China. We CTO suggest you book a taxi or airport shuttle bus service at the hotel receptionist by yourself the day before your departure since your tour service excludes the transfer from the hotel to the airport. Please note that there are two airports in Shanghai. One is Pudong International Airport (PVG) and the other is Hongqiao International Airport (SHA). Kindly pay much attention to the airport of the international ticket you reserved and make sure you get to the right one. You are welcomed to look through our China City Tours to develop your next memorable China tour.

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Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal
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A golden spire crowning a conical wooded hill, Swayambhunath Stupa is the most ancient and enigmatic of all the holy shrines in Kathmandu valley. Its lofty white dome and glittering golden spire are visible for many miles and from all sides of the valley. Historical records found on a stone inscription give evidence that the stupa was already an important Buddhist pilgrimage destination by the 5th century AD. Its origins however, date to a much earlier time, long before the arrival of Buddhism into the valley. A collection of legends about the site, the 15th century Swayambhu Purana, tells of a miraculous lotus, planted by a past Buddha, which blossomed from the lake that once covered Kathmandu valley. The lotus mysteriously radiated a brilliant light, and the name of the place came to be Swayambhu, meaning 'Self-Created or Self-Existent'. Saints, sages and divinities traveled to the lake to venerate this miraculous light for its power in granting enlightenment. During this time, the Bodhisatva Manjushri was meditating at the sacred mountain of Wu Tai Shan and had a vision of the dazzling Swayambhu light. Manjushri flew across the mountains of China and Tibet upon his blue lion to worship the lotus. Deeply impressed by the power of the radiant light, Manjushri felt that if the water were drained out of the lake Swayambhu would become more easily accessible to human pilgrims. With a great sword Manjushri cut a gorge in the mountains surrounding the lake. The water, draining away, left the valley of present day Kathmandu. The lotus was then transformed into a hill and the light became the Swayabhunath Stupa.

Swayambhunath's worshippers include Hindus, Vajrayana Buddhists of northern Nepal and Tibet, and the Newari Buddhists of central and southern Nepal. Each morning before dawn, hundreds of pilgrims will ascend the 365 steps that lead up the hill, file past the gilded Vajra (Tibetan: Dorje) and two lions guarding the entrance, and begin a series of clockwise circumambulations of the stupa (Newari Buddhists circle in the opposite, counterclockwise direction). On each of the four sides of the main stupa there are a pair of big eyes. These eyes are symbolic of God's all-seeing perspective. There is no nose between the eyes but rather a representation of the number one in the Nepali alphabet, signifying that the single way to enlightenment is through the Buddhist path. Above each pair of eyes is another eye, the third eye, signifying the wisdom of looking within. No ears are shown because it is said the Buddha is not interested in hearing prayers in praise of him.

The area surrounding the stupa is filled with chaityas, temples, painted images of deities and numerous other religious objects. There are many small shrines with statues of Tantric and shamanistic deities, prayer wheels for the Tibetan Buddhists, Shiva lingams (now disguised as Buddhist chaityas and decorated with the faces of the the Dhyani Buddhas), and a popular Hindu temple dedicated to Harati, the Goddess of smallpox and other epidemics.The presence of the Harati Devi temple signifies the intermingling of the pantheons of Hinduism and Buddhism in the development of the religious trends of Nepal. As Buddhists had no deity in their own pantheon to protect against the dreaded smallpox, they adopted the Hindu deity for assistance.

Atop Swayambhunath hill is another fascinating, though smaller and less visited temple. This is Shantipur, the 'Place of Peace', inside of which, in a secret, always locked, underground chamber lives the 8th century Tantric master Shantikar Acharya. Practising meditation techniques which have preserved his life for uncounted centuries, he is a great esoteric magician who has complete power over the weather. When the valley of Kathmandu is threatened by drought, the King of Nepal must enter the underground chamber to get a secret mandala from Shantikar. Soon after the mandala is brought outside and shown to the sky, rain begins to fall. Frescoes painted on the inside temple walls depict when last this occurred in 1658. The small temple has a powerful atmosphere; it is mysterious, stern and slightly ominous.

The complex of temples atop Swayambhunath hill is one of my most favorite sacred places in the world. It was here, in 1967, when I was thirteen years old that I first became enchanted with visiting and photographing ancient pilgrimage shrines. Swayambhunath stupa is also called the `Monkey Temple' because of the many hundreds of monkeys who scamper about the temple at night after the pilgrims and priests have departed. These monkeys and a hashish inspired yogi first introduced me to the magic of sacred places. Nearby the Swayambhunath hill are other important temples such as the Shiva Jyotir Linga temple of Pashupatinath, Boudhanath stupa, Changu Narayan, Dakshinkali, and Budhanilkantha. Readers interested in studying the sacred sites of the Kathmandu valley in detail are referred to the works of Bubriski, Majupuria and Moran listed in the bibliography.

Stairway to Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal
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