22 - 22 September, 2008
Prachanda to shake hand with Bush
nf correspondentJames Moriarty regretted before leaving Kathmandu when his tenure as US ambassador expired that he could not shake hand with Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal/Prachanda. But President Bush now will be shaking hand with Prachanda in New York next week.
Prachanda left Kathmandu by Thai 320 on Sept 20 with his read
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Whether the decision comes with guns, Lathis, and a defining clash on a field in Siraha, or with a compromise or silence, the crisis triggered by land reform minister Matrika Yadav will define the future of the Republic of Nepal. It\'s bad that a minister
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In August 2004, 12 Nepali laborers were kidnapped and killed by an Iraqi insurgent group called Ansar al Sunna. The men had left Nepal after being promised a lucrative job in a luxury hotel in Amman, Jordan. Instead, they were sent to work in Iraq-a
The fearless, lone fight for justice
Vicky Subirana, 48, the Spanish lady who devoted the past 19 years of her life to the underprivileged children in Kathmandu, was determined to make her case heard; and after struggling for seven months, resorted to sitting for a hunger strike where she spent her days and nights at the Mandala, Maiti Ghar, Thapathali, Kathmandu from Sep 05 to Sep 11. She was forced to end her strike after she fainted several times and was finally rushed to a hospital. She was interviewed by Spanish journalists, Edgar and Jonas Casanova Bachs who work for Pura Magia Producciones (puramagiaproducciones@yahoo.com) after the strike. Excerpts of the interview
How do you feel after the hunger strike? I feel a bit weak, not having consumed anything for seven days, read more...