Nepal News archive for 17 December 2009

Organizing for the Anti-Capitalist Transition – ZNet (December 17, 2009) – [read more]
The historical geography of capitalist development is at a key inflexion point in which the geographical configurations of power are rapidly shifting at the very moment when the temporal dynamic is facing very serious constraints. Three-percent …

Why the U.S. needs more women in government – San Francisco Chronicle (December 17, 2009) – [read more]
When he returns from addressing global climate change in Copenhagen, will the president inspire a real breakthrough on human rights protections for women and girls here at home? Today is the 30th anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of the …

Modernising Bhutan questions where happiness lies – MoneyControl.com (December 17, 2009) – [read more]
It is a sign of the times for Bhutan that a USD 9 million McKinsey consultancy report to find ways to accelerate Bhutan’s economic growth has sparked soul-searching among this isolated and mostly conservative people. For this is a nation famed for …

National Buddhist Convention kicks off in birthplace of Gautam Buddha … – English_Xinhua (December 17, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) — The 10th National Buddhist Convention has kicked off at Dharmodaya Bihar in Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha in southern Nepal on Friday. According to Friday’s The Kathmandu Post, President Ram Baran Yadav …

Food Security in Great Peril from Climate Change – Inter Press Service (December 17, 2009) – [read more]
COPENHAGEN, Dec 18 (IPS) – Unless the world comes to its aid, Bangladesh says the vulnerability of its agriculture sector to climate change could spell severe consequences for its millions of people, who stand to lose their main source of livelihood …

Send To: – Inter Press Service (December 17, 2009) – [read more]
BANGLADESH: Food Security in Great Peril from Climate Change Athar Parvaiz* – IPS/TerraViva COPENHAGEN, Dec 18 (IPS) – Unless the world comes to its aid, Bangladesh says the vulnerability of its agriculture sector to climate change could spell severe …

A year in Kathmandu – Indian Express (December 17, 2009) – [read more]
Such would be the judgment on Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (UCPN-M) chief Prachanda lighting a candle outside the erstwhile royal palace to declare the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, the autonomous “Newa republic province”, in which the …

Ozomatli as cultural ambassadors – Los Angeles Times (December 17, 2009) – [read more]
When Americans abroad experience culture shock, it usually doesn’t involve several thousand volts of electricity whipping across their bodies. But when a wayward power surge sent Raúl Pacheco, guitarist for the hometown-favorite L.A. group Ozomatli …

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Nepal records modest success in kidney transplants (December 17, 2009) – [read more]

In February 2008, the world was shocked by the news of an Indian, wanted in his own country for large-scale illegal kidney transplant operations, was arrested in Nepal, where he was planning to shift his operations.

China to train Nepal Army; Pledges Rs 220 mn aid (December 17, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Dec 16 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.

Nepali killed in Afghanistan explosion (December 17, 2009) – [read more]

A Nepali national was among the four people who were killed in a powerful explosion carried out by Taliban fighters in an aid agency in Paktia provincial capital Gerdez in southeast Afghanistan on Tuesday.

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.

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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. [...]