Posted on August 31st, 2007 by Dinesh Wagle
Nepal Government-MPRF agreement is the best thing that has happened to the Nepali peace process in the past several months. Now get ready to VOTE!
Forget the Maoist reaction, the Nepal government-Madhesi Forum (MPRF) agreement is the best thing that has happened to the Nepali peace process in the past several months. Peace Process? You [...]
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Posted on August 21st, 2007 by UWB
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Click on the pic to see the poll Schedule 1 and here is Schedule 2
This and the past week are witnessing interesting developments on the political front. The Maoist drama and its confusing and contradictory statements regarding elections have overshadowed the past several [...]
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Posted on August 19th, 2007 by Dinesh Wagle
The Maoist party must unconditionally commit itself to the process of election. It shouldn’t not run away from the democratic process in whatever excuses
Constituent Assembly Football Cup
Referee: Election Commission
Okay, get ready!
Cartoon by Batsyayana via Kantipur
It’s very disturbing and disappointing that the Maoists are becoming increasingly uncommitted towards the CA election at a time when there [...]
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Posted on August 16th, 2007 by UWB
Update: In a separate agitation program today, police detained over 35 journalists from the southern gate of Singha Durbar, the central administrative block as some scribes were protesting against the recent Maoist attack on the press. Demanding reinstatement of 49 scribes who were sacked from state-owned Gorakhapatra, press freedom, among other, the journalists were staging [...]
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Posted on August 14th, 2007 by UWB
…because of the Maoist disruption in the production of the newspaper. UWB reproduces the full text of a notice issued by the Himalayan Times and Annapurna Post (published in today’s edition of Kantipur and the Kathmandu Post):
YCL Threat to Kantipur Journalist: Hari Bahadur Thapa, Chief Reporter at Kantipur, nation’s largest and most influential newspaper, said [...]
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Posted on August 14th, 2007 by UWB
Update: Today, a group of NSU affiliated students thrashed another group of ANNISU affilated students in Saraswati Campus.
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The Maoist affiliated All Nepal National Independent Student Union (ANNISU) beat up Nepali Congress affiliated NSU students in a college in Kathmandu
Santosh Dahal, president of NSU Thapathali Campus Unit, undergoes treatment in Kathmandu Model Hospital after he [...]
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Posted on August 11th, 2007 by UWB
Carter Center’s international election observation mission in Nepal released its 5-point observations and recommendations yesterday
“Now is the time for the government of Nepal to demonstrate its genuine intention to hold a credible constituent assembly election on November 22, 2007. The parties must come together to convince the people of their dedication to this goal, take [...]
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Posted on August 8th, 2007 by UWB
The government and agitating Indigenous groups finally ink a 20-point deal paving road for the CA elections
Again it seems like the CA election is happening on time. The Maoists are still not sure about it but more importantly, it appears, is that they are not sure about their victory. Anyway, the latest Prachanda formula [...]
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Posted on August 6th, 2007 by UWB
Nancy J. Powell, the new U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, arrived in Kathmandu today. She made a brief statement to waiting journalists at Tribhuvan International Airport. Here is the text:
“Namaste. It’s very nice to be back. I look forward to working with the government and the people of Nepal as we move forward in this time [...]
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Posted on August 5th, 2007 by UWB
According to a report in Kantipur by journalist Saraswati Karki, a group of women met Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala in his home district Morang Saturday for about 20 minutes. Guess what was the woman might have talked about: Election system? Creating awareness about CA election? Problem faced by women? Worsening security situation? NO. [...]
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