News: Nepal

We have started to collect the most important news related to Nepal in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Nepal: news

Nepal media protest over attack

Tuesday, December 23rd 2008, 7:02

Many newspapers in Nepal appear with a blank space instead of an editorial to protest against attacks by Maoists.
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Nepal PM denies media attack role

Monday, December 22nd 2008, 14:55

Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda blames a weekend attack on journalists on party 'infiltrators'.
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Himalayan high

Wednesday, December 17th 2008, 16:31

Nepal film festival goes from strength to strength
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Children die in Nepal bus crash

Friday, December 12th 2008, 7:02

A crowded bus veers off a road in southern Nepal, killing at least 22, mostly children returning from a picnic, police say.
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Blame game

Thursday, December 11th 2008, 0:16

Agency bickering hampers Nepal on climate change
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Red card

Monday, December 1st 2008, 1:06

Nepal football match tackles anti-Aids prejudice
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Kathmandu is halted by shutdown

Thursday, November 20th 2008, 9:32
related places: Kathmandu

Life in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, comes to a virtual halt during a shutdown called in protest at two killings.
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Nepali police 'torture children'

Wednesday, November 19th 2008, 13:12

The international pressure group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), accuses police in Nepal of torturing children.
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Nepal to allow foreign adoptions

Monday, October 27th 2008, 22:50

Nepal is to allow foreigners to adopt children from the country, a practice halted last year after reports of child trafficking.
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Pay bills or face having electricity cut, Nepal ex-king told

Thursday, October 23rd 2008, 12:34

Nepal's former king is given two weeks to pay his electricity bills of more than $1m or face having his power cut.
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Somali refugees protest in Nepal

Tuesday, October 21st 2008, 15:14
related countries: Somalia

Somali refugees in Nepal demonstrate to gain official recognition by the government.
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'Germans die' in Nepal air crash

Wednesday, October 8th 2008, 11:57

Twelve German tourists are among 18 killed as a passenger plane crashes in Nepal's Everest region, airport officials say.
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Nepal's ousted king visits temple

Friday, October 3rd 2008, 5:32

Nepal's former king, Gyanendra, visits a Hindu temple in his first public appearance since the monarchy was abolished.
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Maoists appoint 'living goddess'

Monday, September 29th 2008, 16:49
related places: Kathmandu

Nepal's Maoist-led government authorises a six-year-old girl to be a "living goddess" in a town near Kathmandu.
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Why Maoists are taking a dim view of Miss Nepal contest

Monday, September 29th 2008, 11:09

Would-be beauty queens in Nepal express their disappointment over the postponement of the Miss Nepal contest for the sixth time this year.
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Nepal Maoists table first budget

Friday, September 19th 2008, 17:18

The new, Maoist-led government of Nepal presents a budget likely both to please the poor and reassure capitalists.
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Nepal Maoist PM begins India tour

Monday, September 15th 2008, 6:05
related countries: India

Former Maoist leader and new Nepalese PM Prachanda begins his first official visit to India since his April election victory.
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Nepal's Maoist PM to visit India

Sunday, September 14th 2008, 8:26
related countries: India

The former leader of Nepal's Maoist rebels, Prachanda, is to make his first official visit to India since becoming prime minister.
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Nepal to tackle illegal Tibetans

Saturday, September 13th 2008, 10:17

Nepal is to start pressing Tibetan exiles living illegally in the country to go to India, an official says.
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New probe urged of Nepal missing

Saturday, August 30th 2008, 6:39

The Red Cross calls on Nepal's new government to clarify the fate of more than 1,000 people missing from the civil conflict.
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Nepal urged to tighten adoptions

Friday, August 29th 2008, 17:49

The government in Nepal is being urged to tighten regulations surrounding the international adoption of its children.
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Nepalese sue US company over Iraq

Thursday, August 28th 2008, 8:05
related countries: Iraq, United States

A Nepalese man and relatives of 12 others killed in Iraq four years ago sue American firm KBR on charges of human trafficking.
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Thousands affected by Nepal flood

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 5:31

Nearly 30,000 people have been displaced from their homes after flooding in Nepal.
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Nepal Maoist head sworn in as PM

Monday, August 18th 2008, 12:10

The former Maoist rebel leader in Nepal, Prachanda, is sworn in as the country's prime minister.
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