Month: April 2006
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General Strike Day IX Updates
Seven Party Alliance (SPA) vows to continue the people’s movement more strongly amidst call from the King for dialogue By UWB! Team King Gyanendra called the political parties for dialogue in his New Year’s message but the leaders of the various political parties called it ‘old wine in old bottle’ claiming that the call keep…
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UWB! Founder Talk At UCLA
Pic by Arthur Rhodes via Asiamedia, UCLA UWB! co-founder Dinesh Wagle talked about Blogging in Nepal at UCLA, USA. Read the news about it here and here. >>D Wagle is in Milwaukee Wisconsin: Ph. 414 272 1937 (room no. 407) Will be in Madission (from 16 to 19 April): 608 257 6000 And in Washington…
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Nepal in the Throes of Transformation
By Deepak Adhikari Last Saturday evening, as I was scanning through Huntington’s Who Are We, I heard sloganeering near my residence at Ghattekulo. Some twenty teenagers, most of them from the neighborhood, were chanting pro-democracy slogans. That made the denizens living in the cozy rooms of Ghattekulo, come out of their slumber and watch what’s…
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Talking About Nepali New Year
A few questions related to the importance and relevance of Bikram Sambat to Nepal and the Nepalese people. By Maheswor Shrestha Thought of the day The 2063rd year of Bikram Sambat is approaching closer and we are going to welcome and celebrate its New Year day with certain activities. The Nepalese people use more than…
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General Strike Day VIII Updates
Government instruct Cable Operators to stop airing Kantipur Television as the mobile services resumed By UWB! Team [7:00PM] State Minister for Communication Shrish Shamsher Rana called all cable operators for a meeting and asked them not to air Kantipur Television through their cable. Most of the cable operators have already stopped airing the channel. Meanwhile,…
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Trigger-happy Police Shoot at Lawyers
In yet another bizarre incident of brutality, security forces opened fire at lawyers in Nepal By Kiran Chapagain Though the firing of bullets donated by the US and the Indian governments is a common scene in Nepal, I had not imagined that the trigger-happy police of King Gyanendra, would fire at a peaceful silent rally…
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In Support of Democracy
Lets Salute the People in the Street! By Krishna Adhikari When our sisters and brothers are defying the curfew in the street for the cause of freedom and democracy meant for us all, it is time that we disobey the orders of duty and salute them.
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