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NEPAL: City of Peace in a Time of War
The birthplace of the Buddha exudes peace on an autumn afternoon so hot that a lazy stroll on the meditation platform atop the birth temple quickly becomes a dance on sun-baked tiles.NEPAL: Villagers Await Gov’t Nod to Peace
No more deadly gunfights between Maoist rebels and soldiers, no late-night knocks on the door with orders to feed insurgents and fewer demands for travellers to pay 'tax'-the villagers of western Palpa say life has improved since the Maoists called a unilateral ceasefire on Sep. 3.NEPAL: Crowds Matter in Street Protests
"There's going to be a clash now," says a smartly dressed young man, turning away from the small crowd squeezed into a narrow lane and quickly walking away.MILLENNIUM GOALS-NEPAL: Surprisingly, Hope
Nearly 30,000 Nepali children die yearly in their first month of life, the third highest rate in the world. Yet, the battered country is on track to slash under-five mortality by two-thirds within a decade, says the United Nations.MILLENNIUM GOALS-NEPAL: Surprisingly, Hope
Nearly 30,000 Nepali children die yearly in their first month of life, the third highest rate in the world. Yet, the battered country is on track to slash under-five mortality by two-thirds within a decade, says the United Nations.NEPAL: Ceasefire Brings Hope of End to Violence
Nepalis waited Sunday to learn if the violence that has overwhelmed rural life here in recent years would end, at least temporarily.NEPAL: In Dark Days, a Light for Rural Women
Days before government minister Durga Shrestha updated a global meeting on Nepal’s efforts to improve life for its women, about two dozen village women celebrating graduation from a training centre danced, sang, staged a puppet play and, finally, accepted their certificates proudly from a local official.ECONOMY-NEPAL: Human Exports Keep Growing
Namrata Pandey leaves in 10 days for a job as a domestic worker in Israel but she has an eye to a future move to the United States, a path she says some friends and family have trodden.POLITICS-NEPAL: Democrats Demand Power Back
It was like being with a group of friends crowded together to poke fun at a common foe.SOUTH ASIA: Paving the Way to People Power
When South Asian leaders cancelled their summit earlier this year the "people" still gathered. "This is the second time we are meeting while governments refrain from meeting with each other. This proves that we, the people, want to meet and exchange views when governments don't," said Bushra Gohar, chairperson of South Asia Partnership (SAP) International, co-organiser of the fifth Peoples Summit.NEPAL: Promises Aplenty But No Delivery
For the vast majority of Nepalis who live outside the Kathmandu Valley, neither the words of the king, the Maoist insurgents or international agencies, nor the deeds that sometimes follow their promises, are improving their deprived lives.POLITICS-NEPAL: At War With Whom?
Few people were likely surprised this week when the king's government jailed former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. He was three times premier in an era that the monarch says featured a series of inept, corrupt administrations that allowed a Maoist uprising to fester and grow.NEPAL: Indigenous People Seek More, Get Less
The glass bangles on their arms are shattered, they are forbidden to put saffron-coloured powder in their hair and to wear red - reserved for those "blessed" with a husband - for the rest of their lives. Widows in Hindu societies are traditionally treated in ways that today have become striking symbols of paternalism.NEPAL: Hopes Depart With UN Peacemaker
After a week of political twists and turns, a top United Nations peace broker left here urging the major players to transform their words into deeds.NEPAL: For Squatters, Kathmandu Carries Scent of Reform
Crossing a bridge over the Bagmati River the women inside the tiny three-wheeled taxi or ''tempo'', clamp their shawls over their faces to block the stench of the polluted water.NEPAL: Civil Society Caught Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea
It isn't easy working for Nepal's civil society these days: groups pushing for the return of constitutional democracy after the royal takeover are being harassed by state security forces, while rural development workers are squeezed between the army and Maoists.NEPAL: Civil Society Caught Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea
It isn't easy working for Nepal's civil society these days. Groups pushing for the return of constitutional democracy after the Feb. 1 royal takeover are being harassed by state security forces, while rural development workers are squeezed between the army and Maoists as they battle for supremacy of the hinterlands.RIGHTS-NEPAL: Displaced Await Action
The United Nations labelled it a ''pre-crisis'', yet no one in Nepal appears to know what to do next.HEALTH-NEPAL: Women Volunteers Deliver
Shova Baral deftly tilts back the small boy's head and with her other hand squeezes drops from a red, teardrop-shaped capsule into his gaping mouth. Her colleague Ishwori Baral places a chewable tablet inside.MEDIA-NEPAL: Bad News From All Sides
Since King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah declared a state of emergency on Feb. 1 and planted army censors in the country's newsrooms, dozens of reporters and editors have been arrested for disobeying directives about what they can broadcast or publish; others have been interrogated or had their homes or offices searched.MEDIA-NEPAL: Bad News From All Sides
Jail is just one threat facing Nepal's under fire journalists.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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