Nepal News archive for 16 December 2009

Group: Record number of journalists killed in 2009 – Atlantic City Press (December 16, 2009) – [read more]
The November massacre of 30 media workers in the Philippines made 2009 the deadliest year ever for journalists, according to a report by a press advocacy group. The Committee to Protect Journalists says in a report to be released Thursday that at …

UN and Nepal sign action plan for release of nearly 3,000 Maoist child … – Reliefweb.int (December 16, 2009) – [read more]
The United Nations, the Nepalese Government and Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) today signed an … for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy said at the ceremony in Kathmandu, the capital. The move will constitute the …

GUS: Giving Up Smoking Open Thread – DAILY KOS (December 16, 2009) – [read more]
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Ailing climate summit gets US$22-billion boost – Channel NewsAsia (December 16, 2009) – [read more]
COPENHAGEN: Wealthy nations pledged some US$22 billion Wednesday to bankroll the war on global warming, delivering a huge shot in the arm to a UN climate summit marred by wrangling and violent protests. Japan led the way by promising to stump up a …

Report Finds Record Number of Journalists Killed in 2009 – FOX News (December 16, 2009) – [read more]
NEW YORK — The November massacre of 30 media workers in the Philippines made 2009 the deadliest year ever for journalists, according to a report to be released Thursday. The Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 68 journalists were killed …

Noted academic passes away – E Kantipur (December 16, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, DEC 16 – Scholar Dr … Binod Bhattarai, who was his colleague at The Rising Nepal in the 90s, said Shah was “the one Nepali intellectual who dared to say unpopular things because he believed in them” and that he was correct most of …

Govt to keep tab to curb liquidity crisis – E Kantipur (December 16, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, DEC 16 – The government is keeping a close eye on a few economic sectors in view of potential economic crisis due to continuous liquidity crunch in the country. Finance Minister Surendra Pandey hinted that the government might take …

China to train Nepal Army; Pledges Rs 220 mn aid – Indolink (December 16, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 16 (PTI) In a move that may raise concerns in India, China today said it will train the Nepalese Army and pledged Rs 220 million as military assistance for procuring “non lethal” hardware and logistics. The pledge was made during a …

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Nepal on the boil again, Maoists seize Kathmandu (December 16, 2009) – [read more]

Maoists on Wednesday announced the seizure of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, declaring it an autonomous region, after storming into heavily-guarded Durbar Square, in a development that could trigger a new political confrontation.

Nepal: Hand Over Murder Suspect to Police (December 16, 2009) – [read more]

The government of Nepal should ensure that the Nepal Army immediately hands over an army major implicated in the murder of a 15-year-old girl in 2004 to police custody, so civilian criminal proceedings against him can proceed, Human Rights Watch said today.

Nepal army must hand over major accused of killing 15-year-old girl (December 16, 2009) – [read more]

The Nepali government must ensure that an army major accused of torturing a 15-year-old Nepalese girl, to death, is arrested immediately and transferred to a civilian court for trial, Amnesty International said on Monday.

Sobhraj-Nihita love story now to inspire film in Nepal (December 15, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Dec 15 Six years after he was arrested in Nepal for the murder of an American tourist during the hippie era of the 70s and slammed with life imprisonment, the country’s most talked-about prisoner Charles Sobhraj and his fairytale love story with a young Nepali woman 44 years his junior is now going to inspire a film by a Nepali director.

Nepal RCS treasurer dies in accident (December 15, 2009) – [read more]

RSS MYAGDI: Treasurer of Nepal Red Cross Society, Myagdi chapter, Himal Prasad Subedi died after he fell off from a cliff Sunday evening.

Nepali opposition party declares more autonomous states (December 15, 2009) – [read more]

Nepali main opposition party Unified Communist Party of Nepal declared two more states on Monday, taking the count of ethnicity and region based autonomous states to six.

Civil war murder arrest in Nepal (December 14, 2009) – [read more]

Military police in Nepal have arrested an army major for the murder of a girl of 15 during the Maoist insurgency in what may prove to be a landmark case.

Nepal army chief receives guard of honour from Indian army (December 14, 2009) – [read more]

New Delhi: Nepal Chief of Army Staff General Chhatraman Singh Gurung was presented a guard of honour here today.

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Will India Allow Nepal-Bangladesh Trade? (November 19, 2009) – [read more]
After agreeing to a rail link between Nepal and Bangladesh, will India allow the two countries to use that?It didn’t happen in 1976 when Bangladesh and Nepal signed a transit agreement for boosting bilateral trade but failed to implemented it as India did not allow its territory to be used for passage at that time. [...]