United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

[Update on Aug 3, 2007: Latest on National Anthem. And click here to listen to the tune.]
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UWB: Readers of Kantipur have done surgery of the proposed national anthem. (??????????? ????????? ?????????? ????????? ????? ?????? ????? ??? ? ???????? ???? ? ?)
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Sisters and Brothers, Fathers and Mothers, Sons and Daughters (of Nepal):
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Full text of the arms management agreement between the government of Nepal and the CPN Maoist on November 28, 2006.
Preamble
In keeping with the letters to the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General of 9 August and the Comprehensive Peace Accord of 21 November 2006;
Guaranteeing the fundamental right of the Nepali people to take part in [...]

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Bill brings hope of citizenship: Satyendra Prasad Gupta, 38, (left) of Bara with his mother Sudhamadevi (center), children and younger brother Birendra (right). Pic by Updendra Lamichhane
By Updendra Lamichhane in Nijgadh, Bara
This has become the most controversial bill in recent times and was endorsed by parliament last week with an overwhelming majority. That was [...]

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By Prakash Bom in New York

Change with the changing time: ‘Everyone must change with the changing time.’ This is the statement of the Prime Minister and the president of Nepali Congress [the party's name should be Nepali Congress (Traditional) for its policies] prior to the signing of the peace accord agreements. There are few prominent [...]

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Placard: Hail to our leader
Man on the left with garland: Clean Chit! Clean chit for Loktantra (democracy)
Newspaper: Corruption charges cleared
Cartoon by Batsyayan via Kantipur. Translation by the Kathmandu Post
Background:
Headline dated Nov. 15: Khadka gets clean chit on graft charges
Headline dated Nov. 16: Govinda Raj Joshi acquitted on technicality
“Our government doesn’t have the political will to [...]

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“I see a lot of possibilities for Nepal that is facing challenges on peace, poverty and competitiveness in the globalized world…My late father started his public service during the World War II. I was a four year old boy. Fast forward to 2006. I am an old man, about to finish my second [...]

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Two photos, one very positive message:

Gun, gun burning bright, in the peace of the day: Weapons belonging to the now dissolved retaliation group that was formed to fight Maoists in southern Nawalparasi were burnt and destroyed on Friday in public. The group, on the initiation of National Human Rights Commission, announced its dissolution Friday saying [...]

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Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and CPN Maoist Chairman Prachanda are among the leaders misusing government and private vehicles. It seems these leaders have forgotten how democracy was defamed by their corrupt and unlawful acts in the 90s. This is high time they remembered the result created by those acts. Thanks to the press freedom [...]

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Pen Is Mightier Than Gun!Let him to the quick homework before going to the cantonment. A young Maoist student guerilla in Taplenjug takes time to study putting his gun aside. As the party has decided to join the mainstream to establish capitalistic democratic republic in Nepal, there is no need for the guerillas to boycott [...]

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Don’t forget these names. Here is the list of 202 guilty individulas who, according to the High Level Probe Commission formed to investigate the oppression during the April’s popular uprising, were involved in suppressing the historic movement. These are the people responsible for the death of innocent 21 people during the movement. Plus, the man [...]

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