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Nepal News archive for 02 November 2009

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Latest Articles – Dissident Voice (November 2, 2009) – [read more]
Posted by ajohnstone on 11/02/2009 at 6:38pm Dizzy – Glad you brought up the subject of the Jewish land question. … Posted by B99 on 11/02/2009 at 6:31pm I am a westerner living here in Nepal and the comments by apwsal, above, are… Posted by …

NC statue debate hots up at jamboree – E Kantipur (November 2, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, NOV 03 – The ongoing Mahasamiti meeting of Nepali Congress witnessed heated debate on the party’s proposed statute prepared by Krishna Prasad Sitaula. Sitaula tabled the party’s statute amendment proposal on the second day of the ongoing …

Maoists take hold of Dhankuta Municipality – E Kantipur (November 2, 2009) – [read more]
DHANKUTA/ KATHMANDU, NOV 03 – The second phase of protests of the UCPN (Maoist) was aimed at putting up a show of force. And force they did show. As the protests entered the second day, Maoist cadre on Monday besieged Dhankuta Municipality, and even …

Snows of Kilimanjaro could vanish in 20 years: study – Terra Daily (November 2, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal cabinet to meet on Everest: minister Nepal is to hold a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of next month’s climate change talks in Copenhagen, a minister said Monday. The entire …

Asian countries ponder new ways to curb tiger trade – Radio Australia (November 2, 2009) – [read more]
Several Asian countries have banded together to help save the tiger from illegal trade and trafficking. A meeting held in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu has put forward several ideas, including a radical plan by the Nepalese prime minister to clamp …

Top-up airtime around the world with TM – Star Online (November 2, 2009) – [read more]
KUALA LUMPUR : Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM), in partnership with Fixed & Mobile Pte Ltd, has introduced its latest product enhancement — the iTalk International Airtime Transfer. This is an international mobile top-up solution that enables airtime …

The Obscurity of Desire – Salon (November 2, 2009) – [read more]
It’s been three whole months that I am here in US and during this duration of hardly there is any day that didn’t torture me for the lack of desire to performance. Introvertism and lack of enthusism leading to mere hallucinations and redundancies …

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff – The Christian Science Monitor (November 2, 2009) – [read more]
Even if you never learned the piano, “Chopsticks” – in some basic form – probably entered your musical lexicon. Now the well-known waltz has been given a charming twist in Margo Guryan’s “The Chopsticks Variations” ($9.99, Oglio Records) as she …

Nepali Times

Base camp meet (November 2, 2009) – [read more]
Nepali cabinet will meet on Mount Everest next month to highlight the threat from global

Picket protests (November 2, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists picket local government offices in nationwide

Food fight (November 1, 2009) – [read more]
The World Food Programme says it is troubled about allegations over the quality of its

Tarun Dal vs. YCL (October 30, 2009) – [read more]
The Nepali Congress youth wing wants UNMIN camps

Diarrhoea inquiry (October 29, 2009) – [read more]
National Human Rights Commission wants an inquiry into the deaths of diarrhoea

Budget alternatives (October 29, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is looking for ways to bypass parliament to approve the

Marching in (October 28, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists threaten new wave of protests against the

Deal or no deal (October 26, 2009) – [read more]
Another week, another condition: the Maoists are now seeking the resignation of the prime

Nepal News

Call to stop Nepal’s animal killing fair (November 2, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu: Campaigners cutting across different religions yesterday asked the Nepal government to stop a prominent religious fair in the Terai plains where at least 500,000 animals and birds will be sacrificed at the end of this month.

Nepal Maoists call protests (November 1, 2009) – [read more]

NEPAL’S Maoists said on Sunday they would launch protests aimed at destabilising the government in a dispute over the military that led to the Maoists’ fall from power in May.

Rajapaksa visits Lumbini (October 31, 2009) – [read more]

Rajapaksa, who is on a three-day official visit of Nepal, also inspected the Lankan pilgrims guest house built in Lumbini.

Nepal Maoists ask India to keep out of renewed protests (October 30, 2009) – [read more]

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Oct 30 : Ahead of their announced blockade of government offices, the Kathmandu valley and Nepal’s only international airport, the republic’s former Maoist guerrillas Friday asked neighbour India not to intervene, saying it was an internal matter of Nepal.

India may allow passage for Nepal trucks to Bangladesh (October 30, 2009) – [read more]

Bangladesh News.Net Friday 30th October, 2009 India is considering granting passage to trucks from Nepal going to Bangladesh, media reports said.

Maoists attack former PM in Nepal (October 29, 2009) – [read more]

A group of Maoists attacked Nepali Congress leaders including former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Parliament member Gagan Thapa in Chitawan district in Nepal.

Tigers kill six children in Nepal (October 28, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: A two-year-old girl was killed and partially eaten by a tiger in central Nepal, bringing the toll of children killed to six even as an international summit started in the capital Tuesday bringing experts together to discuss strategies to save the big cats from extinction.

Nepal for global action on tiger conservation (October 27, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Nepal is seriously engaged in taking the on-going peace process to a positive conclusion, writing a new democratic Constitution within the stipulated time-frame, and meeting the rising aspirations of the Nepalese people.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Nepal Will Do on Everest What Maldives Did in Water. (November 2, 2009) – [read more]
After the Underwater cabinet meet at the bottom of South Asia, a cabinet meet at Everest at the top of South Asia
Immediately after the news about Nepal’s plan to hold a cabinet meet on the base camp of Sagarmatha (the Mount Everest) flashed today by AFP, Nepalis from all over the world expressed their tongue-in-cheek [...]

Nepal News archive for 01 November 2009

November 1, 2009 - From

Australia’s Myer shares debut at 5.4 pct discount – Reuters (November 1, 2009) – [read more]
MELBOURNE, Nov. 2 (Reuters) – Australian department store chain Myer Holdings Ltd’s ( MYR.AX ) shares began trading on Monday at A$3.88, or 5.4 percent below the A$4.10 offer price set in Australia’s biggest public float in two years. The shares were …

UPDATE 1-Australia retailer Myer’s shares slide on debut – Reuters (November 1, 2009) – [read more]
MELBOURNE, Nov. 2 (Reuters) – Shares in department store chain Myer Holdings Ltd ( MYR.AX ) fell 5.4 percent on their debut in Australia’s biggest public float in two years, a negative sign for other retailers with IPOs waiting in the wings. The …

War and Terror in the Noughties – News.com.au (November 1, 2009) – [read more]
So what has been different in the last 10 years? What makes it all seem somehow to have changed in the Noughties? It’s simple – for Australians, on the whole, terrorism had been what happened elsewhere. If you travelled “over there” you could …

Myer Holdings debuts at a discount in weak sharemarket – The Australian (November 1, 2009) – [read more]
SHARES of Myer opened at a 5.4 per cent discount to their offer price in their closely-watched trading debut today. Shares in the department store chain opened at $3.88, compared to the $4.10 a share price investors paid in the group’s initial public …

Who am I? – E Kantipur (November 1, 2009) – [read more]
NOV 02 – My hometown Janakpur is the heartland of the Tarai. Janakpur is a town with a rich tradition, culture and literature. It is also known as Mithila. The goddess Sita is also called Mithila in Hindu scripture. Mythology suggests that Janakpur …

NZ among Lonely Planet’s best 2010 destinations – New Zealand Herald (November 1, 2009) – [read more]
Photos Lonely Planet’s best countries to visit in 2010 (10 pics) New Zealand has been named one of the top countries to visit in 2010 by Lonely Planet’s popular Best in Travel guide. The annual publication draws on the knowledge of Lonely Planet’s …

Australia off Lonely Planet ‘hot list’ – Adelaide Now (November 1, 2009) – [read more]
NEW Zealand, El Salvador and the tiny South American nation of Suriname are on Lonely Planet’s annual “hot list” – but Australia doesn’t make the cut. Australia didn’t make the Lonely Planet Best in Travel guide, although the south-west of Western …

NC mulls giant leap in statute revamp – E Kantipur (November 1, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, NOV 02 – Nepali Congress Mahasamiti opened in Kathmandu on Sunday with over 1,200 members joining the divided Central Working Committee (CWC) in the protracted debate over the party’s leadership structure. The confused and divi-ded party …

Nepali Times

Food fight (November 1, 2009) – [read more]
The World Food Programme says it is troubled about allegations over the quality of its

Tarun Dal vs. YCL (October 30, 2009) – [read more]
The Nepali Congress youth wing wants UNMIN camps

Diarrhoea inquiry (October 29, 2009) – [read more]
National Human Rights Commission wants an inquiry into the deaths of diarrhoea

Budget alternatives (October 29, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is looking for ways to bypass parliament to approve the

Marching in (October 28, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists threaten new wave of protests against the

Deal or no deal (October 26, 2009) – [read more]
Another week, another condition: the Maoists are now seeking the resignation of the prime

Peace in pieces (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
Defence Minister Bidya Bhandari’s comment on army recruitment irks UNMIN

Troubled waters (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
The government has proposed an ambitious plan to clean Kathmandu’s rivers in response to a Supreme Court verdict.

Nepal News

Nepal Maoists call protests (November 1, 2009) – [read more]

NEPAL’S Maoists said on Sunday they would launch protests aimed at destabilising the government in a dispute over the military that led to the Maoists’ fall from power in May.

Rajapaksa visits Lumbini (October 31, 2009) – [read more]

Rajapaksa, who is on a three-day official visit of Nepal, also inspected the Lankan pilgrims guest house built in Lumbini.

Nepal Maoists ask India to keep out of renewed protests (October 30, 2009) – [read more]

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Oct 30 : Ahead of their announced blockade of government offices, the Kathmandu valley and Nepal’s only international airport, the republic’s former Maoist guerrillas Friday asked neighbour India not to intervene, saying it was an internal matter of Nepal.

India may allow passage for Nepal trucks to Bangladesh (October 30, 2009) – [read more]

Bangladesh News.Net Friday 30th October, 2009 India is considering granting passage to trucks from Nepal going to Bangladesh, media reports said.

Maoists attack former PM in Nepal (October 29, 2009) – [read more]

A group of Maoists attacked Nepali Congress leaders including former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Parliament member Gagan Thapa in Chitawan district in Nepal.

Tigers kill six children in Nepal (October 28, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: A two-year-old girl was killed and partially eaten by a tiger in central Nepal, bringing the toll of children killed to six even as an international summit started in the capital Tuesday bringing experts together to discuss strategies to save the big cats from extinction.

Nepal for global action on tiger conservation (October 27, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Nepal is seriously engaged in taking the on-going peace process to a positive conclusion, writing a new democratic Constitution within the stipulated time-frame, and meeting the rising aspirations of the Nepalese people.

Indo-Nepal security talks in Nov (October 26, 2009) – [read more]

The government has picked up cross border crime as its main agenda for the dialogue, which in its second edition is going to take place in Kathmandu, informed sources at the Home Ministry.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Another Maoist Agitation: People Will Suffer (November 1, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists have hit the streets from today aiming to topple the current government. They should have gone to the Constituent Assembly instead.
Sticking to their old demand that the presidential action over the sacking of the then army chief by the then Maoist-led government some four months ago be corrected, the Maoists have started today their [...]