Hotel Everest

• Nepal authorities crackdown on casinos allowing locals

  Authorities in Nepal today arrested some 12 people in a stepped up crackdown on casinos allowing locals to gamble, police said.

• Stranded Everest trekkers rescued as fog lifts

  Hundreds of foreign trekkers stranded up to a week left the Mount Everest region Monday as fog and mist lifted and flights resumed at the area's only airport. As the visitors waited for the weather to clear, hotels in the village of Lukla were full and food supplies were running low. People slept in tents and hotel dining rooms. Some even walked do...