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Learning From Nepal: Do Americans Have What It Takes?
Nepal in foreign press: An editorial in Bennington Banner of Vermont (United States) titled “Do Americans have what it takes?” Thursday, September 21: Last weekend, a tape was leaked to the Hungarian press in which Hungary’s Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany admitted that he had lied repeatedly to the public. The tape, coming after months of…
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Establishing Electoral Democratic Institutions in Nepal
Proposal to establish Electoral Institutions for Federal System of Government in New Democratic Nepal By Prakash Bom in Queens, New York (UWB received this article, around 6 thousand words, in email) Manifestation: It is time for Nepal to transform itself into a ‘New Democratic Nepal’ from its corrupt feudal oligarchic government practice that are imminent…
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Peace Roadmap: An Appeal To The Leadership Of The Eight Parties
39 Nepalis (see the names below), buying space in Kantipur daily, appeal to leaders of Seven Party Alliance and the Maoist party. This appeal was first published in Nepali in the Sept 21 issue of Kantipur as an advertisement. Sri Girija Prasad Koirala, Sri Madhav Kumar Nepal, Sri Sher Bahadur Deuba, Sri Amik Sherchan, Sri…
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Arms Management: A Part of Nepali Politics
Political Threats: The Seven Party Alliance (SPA)/government of Nepal and the CPN (Maoist) have their own understandings, viewpoints and stances on peace and political threats. UWB: Here we produce a ‘Situation Update-IX’ prepared by Kathmandu based NGO Conflict Study Center with contribution from Dr. Bishnu Pathak and Chitra Niraula. UWB received this analysis from CS…
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Coup in Thailand: Generals, Go Back To Democracy!
The Military Coup is Deplorable and Thais must fight back. We in Nepal condemn the army takeover. The military coup in Thailand yesterday reminded many of us in Nepal King Gyanendra’s Feb 1, 2005 takeover. First, as the global democratic citizens, we strongly condemn the coup and urge the Thai people to fight back the…
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School Students Used in Politics: STOP
As I am writing these lines, about 50 buses (one of them in the photo above) full of school children in uniform are being rushed toward the city center of Kathmandu. The students inside and at the top of the buses are screaming and, for me, the sound resembles to that of a woman being…
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Prachanda Meets Prime Minister: Hope Of Peace Gains Strength
Thank God, finally it happened. The meeting between Maoist supremo Prachanda and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala happens at a time when people were desperately looking for the second round to high level talks between the government and the rebels. The meeting also happens at a time when Maoists are intensifying their activities like extortion…
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