Posted on October 31st, 2006 by UWB
Plus: American ambassador returns from New Delhi trip
So the news of the day is pretty much surprising. Not so surprising perhaps. Prachanda, the leader of the Maoist ‘revolution’ in Nepal, went to see the Indian ambassador in Lainchaur. Reactions given to media by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, second in command after Prachanda, are also interesting. According [...]
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Posted on October 31st, 2006 by UWB
Update (Nov 5) Maoist Chairman Prachanda today hinted that his party has reached an agreement with the government on the modality of arms management. According to Prachanda, the agreement is that the Maoist arms will be kept and locked in (at a place decided by the Maoists) with a UN seal and keys under Maoist [...]
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Posted on October 30th, 2006 by Dinesh Wagle
Counter Punch: Election for the Constituent Assembly is totally wasteful exercise of the government. What SPA government needs to do is to hold election for all of the members of the House as early as possible.
By Shree Shrestha in Madison, Wisconsin
UWB received this article in email [Articles are welcome!]
It looks like Seven Party Alliance (SPA) [...]
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Posted on October 28th, 2006 by Dinesh Wagle
By Dinesh Wagle in Nar (Manang)
Wagle Street Journal (Saturday Blog) [Wagle has started posting his Nar Phu Diary in Wagle Street Journal]
Encountering the people featured in a 25-year-old book that details the life and time of two of the remotest villages of Nepal All pics by Wagle. More pics will be added tomorrow
Pema Bhutti with [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2006 by UWB
The issue of monarchy will be the most crucial in this week’s peace summit. Referendum will be the wisest choice
By Prakash Bom in Queens, New York
Whatever political agendas are there on the table of the Peace Summit for SPA and Maoists to negotiate, it is obvious that the gridlock has been entangled on one [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2006 by Dinesh Wagle
But Is This General Serious To Uplift the Situation of Soldiers in Nepali Army or These Photos Are Part Of His Publicity Stunts?
Gyanendra Serves His Boss: Chief Of the Aarmy Staff General Rookmangad Katawal being served his lunch by Sipahi Gyanendra Karki and Sipahi Mansing Nepali at the NCO’s Mess (Jawan Bhanchha), Army HQ, last [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2006 by UWB
Confidence over arms mgmt growing
By Ameet Dhakal
News Editor, the Kathmandu Post
KATHMANDU, Oct 27 - Nepali Congress (NC) and Maoist leaders are busy giving the finishing touches to political agreements reached and are narrowing their differences over the issue of arms management. The NC and Maoists leaders held a crucial meeting Wednesday to sharpen their understandings [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2006 by UWB
An article by Kantipur editor Narayan Wagle that talks about why Nepali Congress, mainly its leader and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, has rejected the proposal for a Front to promote pro-republican issues in Nepal. Title: ???????? ???????? ????????? ????
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Posted on October 26th, 2006 by UWB
In their bid to prove the presence of their ‘government’ Maoists are doing everything that they can do in the time of peace: from ‘arresting’ gundas and hooligans in the capital city to stopping people from playing cards in villages. We all know they are in the process of bargaining in the peace talks and [...]
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Posted on October 25th, 2006 by UWB
What will happen to a community, say Limbu, residing in Magarat? Will that community have to leave Magarat and settle down in Limbuwan?
By Chattra Bahadur
It is rather unfortunate to see that neo-libertarians cannot withstand any form of criticism, especially when anyone points at current follies prevailing in Nepal in name of janabhawana. It resembles as [...]
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