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NEPAL: Displaced Face Uncertain Return
At least tens of thousands of Nepalis have fled their homes during a Maoist uprising and now that peace has come, many are pondering a return. But it is not easy: no government programmes pave their way, many of their homes need repairs while long-neglected fields require work before planting, and locals must first assuage Maoist gatekeepers.NEPAL: Women Won’t Let This Slight Pass
It was just another empty promise. That is how senior women politicians and activists are feeling after being shut out of ad hoc committees designing the 'new Nepal', less than a month after parliament proclaimed it would fight for women's rights.NEPAL: PM, Maoist Chief Sit Together
Nepal's veteran, centrist prime minister, the surprise leader of the "people's government" born from April's uprising, on Friday, met the chief of the country's powerful Maoist rebels, who has decided to trade in guns for elections after a decade of armed struggle.It was the first time that leaders from both sides have sat together since the Maoists launched their war against the monarchy and to liberate the country's downtrodden people in 1996.
NEPAL: PM, Maoist Chief Sit Together
Nepal's veteran, centrist prime minister, the surprise leader of the "people's government" born from April's uprising, on Friday, met the chief of the country's powerful Maoist rebels, who has decided to trade in guns for elections after a decade of armed struggle.RIGHTS-NEPAL: Untouchability Persists Despite Ban
In 1955 Nepal's revised civil code outlawed untouchability; in 2002 the government created the National Dalit Commission; and three years ago a new leadership pledged to lay charges against anyone accused of discriminating against untouchables, also known as dalits (the broken).NEPAL: Capital Tastes Villagers’ Fear
Nepal's capital felt like one of the country's thousands of villages - overwhelmed and anxious - as Maoist rebels rode into town, Friday.NEPAL: Revolution Reaches Out to Women
The revolution continues in Nepal. But more than a month after the people chased the king from power, sober second thought has taken its place on streets that once thronged with marching, chanting citizens.NEPAL: Labour Demands Say in Reforms
Workers - 1, World Bank - 0. The Bank has long urged Nepal's governments to amend the country's labour laws in order to cut the cost of doing business and boost investment, a move that would also weaken workers' status, argue trade union officials.NEPAL: Drought Prompts First Ever Emergency Food Op
The United Nations World Food Programme is planning its first ever emergency food operation in Nepal to counter a severe drought in the country's northwestern hills and mountains.NEPAL: Downsizing the Monarchy
With Maoist rebels breathing down their necks, Nepal's parliamentarians prepared Thursday to downsize the monarchy and strip the king of his traditional role as army chief.NEPAL: Downsizing the Monarchy
With Maoist rebels breathing down their necks, Nepal's parliamentarians prepared Thursday to downsize the monarchy and strip the king of his traditional role as army chief.RIGHTS-NEPAL: Under Democracy, Activists Want More From UN
Justice will be done for those killed and injured in April's revolution, pledged Nepal's new government last Friday, taking a radical step towards ending the impunity that has long cloaked human rights abusers in this violence-wracked nation.RIGHTS-NEPAL: Revolution’s Speed Bumps
On the eve of Prime Minister Girija Koirala's refusal to be sworn in by the royal council, Crown Prince Paras was returning from a round of golf in the capital when a car in his speeding motorcade clipped a vehicle in a wedding party. It was the wedding party that was hauled away to a local police station.NEPAL: People Power Remains Poised
Just days after spilling their blood on the streets in the fight to chase the king from power, Nepalis on Friday chanted, clapped and sang warnings that they will resume their battle if political leaders do not deliver full democracy.NEPAL: King Bows to the People
Nepal's capital was light-hearted again Tuesday. From the hundreds of thousands who marched, danced and sang on the roads, to the store-keepers idly chatting before open shops, to the pedestrians speaking on mobile phones nimbly side-stepping potholes, relief and normality were in the air hours after the king bowed to "people power" rather than face a protest headed for the palace gates.NEPAL: King Bows to the People
Nepal's capital was light-hearted again Tuesday. From the hundreds of thousands who marched, danced and sang on the roads, to the store-keepers idly chatting before open shops, to the pedestrians speaking on mobile phones nimbly side-stepping potholes, relief and normality were in the air hours after the king bowed to ‘people power' rather than face a protest headed for the palace gates.NEPAL: People Power Brakes Int’l Community
Hours after King Gyanendra said Friday he would hand power back to his citizens, state-run Nepal TV, for the first time in months, displayed the flags of many world powers that it seemed to be indicating were now onside, including India, the United States, Britain and the European Union.NEPAL: ‘Human Tsunami’ Swamps King
"There it is - that's our human tsunami," Communist party leader Madhav Kumar Nepal said Friday, watching more than 100,000 people flow past his house in the capital's outskirts.NEPAL: ‘Human Tsunami’ Swamps King
"There it is - that's our human tsunami," Communist party leader Madhav Kumar Nepal said Friday, watching more than 100,000 people flow past his house in the capital's outskirts.NEPAL: UN Monitors Barred as Protesters Are Shot
United Nations human rights monitors were kept off the streets of Nepal's capital Thursday, as security forces opened fire on protesters defying a curfew, killing three and injuring over 100.NEPAL: Behind-the-Scene Battles
On one side are hundreds of protesters, most of them college-age men in T-shirts, some waving party flags, some pumping fists in the air. "Down with the king!" they chant. Facing them are rows of armed police in blue camouflage and body padding. Most carry metre-long canes ('lathis') and wear helmets; some tote plexiglas shields, rifles or thicker teargas guns.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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