Nepal News archive for 19 December 2009
Cambodia deports Uighurs despite criticism - YAHOO! (December 19, 2009) - [read more]
Human rights groups say they fear for the lives of the Uighurs if they are deported to China. They were deported late on Saturday, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong. “We were implementing the immigration laws of the country. They came to …
General strike cripples normal life in Nepal - Investors Business Daily (December 19, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Dec 20, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) — The main opposition Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (UCPN-M)-imposed three-day general strike has crippled normal life across Nepal on Sunday. Transportation, marketplace, educational …
Cambodia Deports Uyghurs To China - Radio Free Europe (December 19, 2009) - [read more]
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia has deported back to China 20 Muslim Uyghurs who fled the country after deadly ethnic violence this year, a government official said on Sunday, despite concerns they will face persecution by Beijing. The Uyghurs, a …
Concord’s bus system is trapped in a self-defeating loop - Concord Monitor (December 19, 2009) - [read more]
On Wednesday, we rode the downtown-to-Walmart bus loop with Doug Hall, former director of the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies. He is a Nepali speaker from his Peace Corps days who volunteers to help the refugee community.
183 Filipinos in China jails for illegal drugs - Global Nation (December 19, 2009) - [read more]
MANILA, Philippines—A total of 183 Filipinos, mostly women, are in various jails in China for illegal drug trafficking, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. Citing the report of Philippine Ambassador to China Sonia Cataumber Brady, the DFA also …
Maoists shut down Nepal on 1st day of 3-day general strike+ - Big Hollywood (December 19, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Dec. 20 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Nepal’s Maoists shut down businesses, schools … despite requests from the government as well as the second and third largest political parties — Nepali Congress and the Unified Marxist Leninist party — to …
Three-day Maoist strike paralyses Nepal - Zee News (December 19, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu: As talks with the government failed, Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas on Sunday enforced a three-day general strike nationwide, shutting down transport, industries and educational institutions and cutting off road links with India. Defying …
Roundup: Nepal expresses discontentment over Copenhagen climate change … - Investors Business Daily (December 19, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Dec 19, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) — By Binju Sitaula Nepal, a Himalayan Kingdom, on Saturday expressed its discontentment over the recently held global meeting on climate change in Copenhagen. Nepal, having organized campaigns against …
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Maoists declare Magrat state (December 19, 2009) - [read more]
Maoist General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa and standing committee member Top Bahadur Rayamajhi declared the state as a part of their protest program.
Air strip for Indian Air Force in Nepal targets Tibet (December 18, 2009) - [read more]
According to a report published Wednesday in the Telegraph Nepal, India plans to construct an air strip in Surkhet, Nepal, which is close to the tri-junction, Kalapani, where China meets India in Nepali territory.
Nepali opposition party declares another autonomous state (December 18, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali main opposition Unified Communist Party of Nepal has wrapped up their autonomous state declaration program by declaring Madhesh autonomous state on Friday.
Maoists attack energy minister, six injured in clash (December 18, 2009) - [read more]
The Maoists clashed with police after pelting stones at the vehicle of registration no Ba 1 Jha 1026 used by Mahat during their protest.
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.
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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. [...]
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