[Excerpt: Schools outside Kathmandu, where the Maoists hold sway, heeded the rebel closure order that marked the latest challenge to the authority of King Gyanendra who seized power February 1....But educational institutions in the tightly guarded capital, Kathmandu, functioned normally after re-opening for the new academic year in the country of 27 million people.]
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/April/subcontinent_April459.xml§ion=subcontinent Nepal schools obey Maoist shutdown order after rebels bomb schools (AFP) 15 April 2005 KATHMANDU - Nepal’s private schools outside the capital, Kathmandu, obeyed on Friday a Maoist rebel order to shut after guerrilla bombs,planted as a warning, exploded in three empty schools, officials said. Two of the blasts occurred Thursday while the other took place last week, Nepal’s private schools’ association said. All of the bombs exploded in rebel-dominated west Nepal, damaging the buildings but causing no injuries. Schools outside Kathmandu, where the Maoists hold sway, heeded the rebel closure order that marked the latest challenge to the authority of King Gyanendra who seized power February 1. But educational institutions in the tightly guarded capital, Kathmandu, functioned normally after re-opening for the new academic year in the country of 27 million people. “The Maoists bombed two schools in western Nepal Thursday and another there last week to warn them of the consequences if they ignored the closure order,” said Bhim Pant, a senior member of Nepal’s private schools’ association. The Private and Boarding School Organization-Nepal said the Maoist student wing had been bombarding schools with threatening e-mails and telephone callstelling them to close unless they met a series of demands. “No students or teachers were injured in the bombings but the school buildings were damaged,” said Pant. “Maoist student leaders have been constantly threatening the schools by telephone and e-mails to close down all private boarding schools or face dire consequences.” The Maoists want the institutions to cut fees, scrap singing the national anthem and remove photographs of Gyanendra as part of their drive to install their own “people’s education” system. But the schools have refused to obey the Maoists. The schools confrontation follows an end to an 11-day Maoist road blockade and general strike to protest the king’s power grab that was observed in rural areas but had little impact in Kathmandu where security is tight. The king dismissed the government and imposed emergency rule in what he said was a move to tackle the increasingly deadly revolt by the Maoists who are battling to set up a communist republic in the desperately poor country. enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
