HindustanTimes.com
Monday, July 19, 2004
Maoist rebels abduct 50 school children in Nepal
Reuters
kathmandu, July 19
Maoist guerrillas have abducted at least 50 students
and a dozen teachers
from a school on the outskirts of the Nepali capital
in a bid to force them
into their fold, a police
of
political science at the Tribhuvan Universty.
Recently, the students at the
university voted overwhelmingly in favour of a
republic in a mock
referendum.
One of the points of contention about the King's
powers is his continuing
hold over the Royal Nepal Army, a force originally
raised for his protection
* The New York Times
February 5, 2004
Maoist Rebellion Shifts Balance of Power in Rural Nepal
By AMY WALDMAN
BARDIYA, Nepal - Until two-and-a-half years ago, Rachna Sharma and
her husband lived as zamindars, or landlords, in this district in
western Nepal, presiding over an ample estate just
* 29 Dec 2002 11:54
Nepal capital paralysed by rebel strike
(Recasts with quotes from government official)
By Gopal Sharma
KATHMANDU, Dec 29 (Reuters) - A general strike called by Maoist
rebels paralysed Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Sunday but was
generally peaceful.
Most shops were
THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2002
Nepal vows tough line on anti-China elements
REUTERS
BEIJING: Nepal's king has promised China it will seek greater cooperation on
the sensitive issue of Tibet and not allow people inside its borders to
state anti-Chinese protests, state media said on Thursday.
King
Far Eastern Economic Review
Issue cover-dated June 20, 2002
ECONOMIC MONITOR: NEPAL
Under Siege
By Steve Percy
Issue cover-dated June 20, 2002
Nepal's economy is under siege, and as the six-year-old Maoist insurgency
intensifies, lifting it looks a Himalayan task. Economic data is largely
[comments?]
Nepal needs reform, not more guns
The Maoist rebellion is a product of gross inequality and misrule
Isabel Hilton
Friday May 10, 2002
The Guardian [U.K.]
When President George Bush promised more military aid to Nepal's visiting
prime minister this week, a White House spokesman
http://www.frontlineonline.com/fl1808/18080630.htm
Business not as usual
India-Nepal trade relations force another round of turbulence.
RITA MANCHANDA
IT has been open season on Nepal, first with Indian intelligence agencies raising an
alarm about the Himalayan kingdom becoming the new base
maoist news from my father in law:
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Dear Norman,
Now the situation of Nepal is little better after using
Dave Mason asked me to forward the following, about the Nepalese insurgency:
This is in response to your listserve question about the maoist insurgency
in Nepal.
I spent two years as a peace corps volunteer in Pyuthan district, which
borders on the Rolpa and Rukum districts that are the center
While coming home from work, I heard the tail-end of a story on US National
Public Radio, about a "Maoist" insurgency in Nepal, of all places.
Interestingly, the reporter's chosen expert blamed the increase in economic
inequality during the last 10 years of a regime of "multi-
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