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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Kathmandu</title>
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		<title>Maoists accused of breaching Peace Agreement in Nepal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Nepal Government has said the  violence that  occurred  during  the  first  day  of  the  UCPN   (Maoist) nationwide  strike in which at least 24 people were  injured  and over 37 were arrested, will pose a serious threat to the  ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-accused-of-breaching-peace-agreement-in-nepal-246712/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Maoists accused of breaching Peace Agreement in Nepal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoist strike paralyses life in Nepal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Normal life throughout Nepal was adversely affected on Sunday by a general strike called by the Unified CPN (Maoist).

Cadres of UCPN (Maoist) and its sister organizations gathered in various places to impose a shutdown.
Both private and public vehicles remained off the roads. Over 16 vehicles were vandalised by protesters in Kathmandu and outside .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoist-strike-paralyses-life-in-nepal-246570/">Source article &nbsp;: Maoist strike paralyses life in Nepal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal top leaders to finalise joint resolution motion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Kathmandu,  Dec  14  (ANI):  Leaders of  three  major  political parties of Nepal are meeting here today to find a solution to the prevailing  political deadlock by finalizing a Common  Resolution Motion (CMP).

Nepali  Congress  President Girija Prasad  Koirala,  Unified  CPN (Maoist)  ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-top-leaders-to-finalise-joint-resolution-motion-243772/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Nepal top leaders to finalise joint resolution motion</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal&#8217;s shortest man seeks Manmohan&#8217;s help for greater stature</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sudeshna Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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KATHMANDU - Nepal&#8217;s shortest man is seeking Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh&#8217;s help to achieve greater stature: the title of the shortest man in the world.
Khagendra Thapa Magar, also known as the &#8220;Little Buddha&#8221; of the country, who will try to claim the title in the Guinness Book of World Records next year, wants .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepals-shortest-man-seeks-manmohans-help-for-greater-stature-243752/">Nepal&#8217;s shortest man seeks Manmohan&#8217;s help for greater stature</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>5 Maoists held for deadly attack on Nepal journalist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Four days after a woman journalist was savagely attacked in western Nepal and left to die on a desolate hillside, police Saturday arrested five cadres of the opposition Maoist party, including a local leader.

Hundreds of journalists continued to march in protest in Kathmandu and towns outside the valley Saturday demanding punishment for the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/5-maoists-held-for-deadly-attack-on-nepal-journalist-243340/" title="5 Maoists held for deadly attack on Nepal journalist">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal major fired by UN arrested for killing girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - In a sensational turn of events, Nepal&#8217;s military police Saturday arrested an army major expelled last week by the UN for the tortured death of a school girl.

Major Niranjan Basnet, expelled from the UN Peacekeeping Forces in the central African republic of Chad after being exposed as facing criminal charges for the killing ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-major-fired-by-un-arrested-for-killing-girl-243313/">Nepal major fired by UN arrested for killing girl</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian&#8217;s murder triggers violence in Nepal town</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Enraged transporters went on rampage Friday in Nepal&#8217;s biggest industrial town Birgunj, bordering India, vandalising vehicles and calling an indefinite strike after an Indian transport employee was gunned down by an unidentified group.

Rajeshwar Dubey from Bihar&#8217;s Motihari district, who worked as a cashier at the Pashupati Transport Co in Birgunj, was shot in ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indians-murder-triggers-violence-in-nepal-town-242810/">Indian&#8217;s murder triggers violence in Nepal town</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal erupts in protests at attack on journalist</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Hundreds of journalists staged protest marches across Nepal Thursday, condemning the brutal attack on a young radio journalist in western Nepal and demanding tough punishment for the attackers who left her to die on a remote hill.

The Federation of Nepalese Journalists, the powerful umbrella organisation of journalists in Nepal that had played a .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-erupts-in-protests-at-attack-on-journalist-242419/" title="Nepal erupts in protests at attack on journalist">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN expels Nepal soldier charged with schoolgirl&#8217;s torture death</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-expels-nepal-soldier-charged-with-schoolgirls-torture-death-241854/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sudeshna Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - The Nepal Army has run into fresh trouble with the UN expelling an officer for gross human rights violations and human rights organisations calling for his arrest.

The army, accused of torture and extrajudicial killings during the Maoist insurgency, has come under fire with the revelation that it sent a &#8220;killer&#8221; army officer to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-expels-nepal-soldier-charged-with-schoolgirls-torture-death-241854/">Read more : UN expels Nepal soldier charged with schoolgirl&#8217;s torture death</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Tiger&#8217; kills boy in Kathmandu</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - A five-year-old boy was killed by &#8220;tigers&#8221; in the capital city Kathmandu, police said Monday.

Vishal Lama, son of Badri Singh Lama, was killed in Chhaimale, a forested area in Kathmandu Saturday.	 	
The boy, who lived in Devichaur in neighbouring Lalitpur city, had gone to Chhaimale to visit his maternal uncle, police said.	 	
The .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tiger-kills-boy-in-kathmandu-240843/">&#8216;Tiger&#8217; kills boy in Kathmandu</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>4 Indians held in Nepal for Dalit girl&#8217;s murder</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Four Indians are among six people arrested by the Nepal police for the suspected rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl from the Dalit community, a group that is among the most disadvantaged in Nepal.

Anukul Chauhan, Hridaylal Gaur, Ramdhani Gaur and Takeshwor Chautan, temporary workers at a brick kiln in Rupandehi district in ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/4-indians-held-in-nepal-for-dalit-girls-murder-240268/">4 Indians held in Nepal for Dalit girl&#8217;s murder</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Five killed as Maoist activists clash with police in west Nepal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - At least five people, including a police officer, were killed after violent clashes erupted between police and Maoist supporters in western Nepal, media reports said Saturday.

The clashes erupted Friday after police tried to evict thousands of illegal settlers occupying forest land in Kailali district, about 400 kilometres west of the capital, Kantipur newspaper ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/five-killed-as-maoist-activists-clash-with-police-in-west-nepal-240184/">Five killed as Maoist activists clash with police in west Nepal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal government ends Everest meet with summit pledge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sudeshna Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Nepal&#8217;s coalition government Friday basked in global limelight and applause with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal leading a historic meeting of his cabinet in the shadow of Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world, to draw the attention of nations to the perils of climate change and the havoc they could wreak .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-government-ends-everest-meet-with-summit-pledge-239833/">Nepal government ends Everest meet with summit pledge</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Nepal Cabinet meet for green cause concludes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU -  The much-anticipated Nepal Cabinet meet which aimed at highlighting the impact of climate-change in the Himalayas, has concluded in Kalapatthar plateau near Mt. Everest Base Camp at an altitude of 5,242 metres on Friday.

According to Nepalnews, the ministers are preparing for a press meeting in Syangboche, where large numbers of national and  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/historic-nepal-cabinet-meet-for-green-cause-concludes-239820/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal ministers talk global warming in icy Everest heights</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Nepal&#8217;s coalition government Friday basked in the global limelight with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal leading a historic meeting of his cabinet in the shadow of Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world, to draw the attention of nations to the perils of climate change.

For the first time in the history of .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-ministers-talk-global-warming-in-icy-everest-heights-239779/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kabir to inspire hearts in Nepal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - He was thought to have been born a Muslim and yet his songs are part of the Guru Granth sahib, the sacred text of Sikhs. A weaver by profession, yet he became one of the driving forces of the Bhakti movement in India that advocated love and tolerance.

Now the life and dohas - ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/kabir-to-inspire-hearts-in-nepal-238632/">Read more : Kabir to inspire hearts in Nepal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tales of inhuman cruelty dog world&#8217;s largest killing fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Tales of immense cruelty and imperviousness to suffering began to surface Thursday after the ritual slaughter of thousands of animals and birds at the world&#8217;s largest killing fair ended in Nepal&#8217;s Terai plains with animal rights activists condemning it as legitimisation of violence.

Hundreds of carcasses of butchered water buffaloes, goats and other animals .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tales-of-inhuman-cruelty-dog-worlds-largest-killing-fair-236180/">Source article &nbsp;: Tales of inhuman cruelty dog world&#8217;s largest killing fair</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 Indian women arrested in Nepal with banned currency notes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Two Indian women from the northeast state of Mizoram have been arrested in Nepal for carrying banned Indian currency notes.

Lalring Heti, 41, and Lal Moonbami, 37, were arrested Monday at the airport in Bhadrapur in eastern Nepal while trying to catch a flight to Kathmandu, police said Wednesday.	 	
The two women, both of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-indian-women-arrested-in-nepal-with-banned-currency-notes-235719/" title="2 Indian women arrested in Nepal with banned currency notes">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal&#8217;s bloodbath fair claims three Indian infants</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - At least three Indian infants died due to cold in Nepal&#8217;s most controversial religious fair, where thousands of animals and birds are being slaughtered by Indians and Nepalis, mostly in the hope of getting a son or wish fulfilment.

Nisha Kumari Shah, the one-year-old daughter of Prem Shah who went to attend the Gadhimai .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepals-bloodbath-fair-claims-three-indian-infants-235687/">Nepal&#8217;s bloodbath fair claims three Indian infants</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal Parliament passes 2009-10 budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - The Nepal Parliament formally passed the annual budget for fiscal 2009-10 on Wednesday after months of delay caused by the Maoist obstruction.

Finance Minister Surendra Pandey tabled the financial bill, the bill on national debt recovery and the bill on debt and collateral.
He had presented the Rs 285.93 billion budget four months ago.
Speaker Subash ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-parliament-passes-2009-10-budget-235605/">Nepal Parliament passes 2009-10 budget</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal&#8217;s rhinos flourish under bodyguards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - After the president, prime minister and other ministers in Nepal, the Himalayan republic has added a new VIP entitled to have bodyguards - its rare one-horned rhinos.

In two national parks in southern and farwestern Nepal, where the endangered species is found, a novel effort to protect them from poachers has paid rich dividends, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepals-rhinos-flourish-under-bodyguards-235032/" title="Nepal&#8217;s rhinos flourish under bodyguards">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian leads blood bath at Nepal&#8217;s sacrifice fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - A prosperous farmer from India&#8217;s Bihar state led the bloodbath at Nepal&#8217;s largest animal sacrificial fair Tuesday, ignoring calls for non-violence from animal lovers worldwide including his own country.

Raman Thakur from Sitamarhi district bordering Nepal&#8217;s Terai plains shot to limelight at the controversial fair of Hindu goddess Gadhimai in Baraiyapur village in southern  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-leads-blood-bath-at-nepals-sacrifice-fair-234980/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian among four dead at Nepal&#8217;s controversial fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - The most controversial religious fair in Nepal&#8217;s Terai plains, where thousands of birds and beasts are doomed to be slaughtered next week, has fallen into more disrepute with the death of four visitors, including an Indian.

Laloo Mahato Nuniyar, a resident of Motihari district in India&#8217;s Bihar state and said to be in his ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-among-four-dead-at-nepals-controversial-fair-234014/">Indian among four dead at Nepal&#8217;s controversial fair</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal ignores Bardot&#8217;s plea to halt animal slaughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Nepal&#8217;s coalition government has turned a deaf ear to urgent pleas by celebrated French actress and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot to prevent the slaughter of thousands of birds and animals at a religious fair in the Terai plains next week.

The sex symbol of yesteryear, who left Hollywood in 1973, became a vegetarian .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-ignores-bardots-plea-to-halt-animal-slaughter-233224/" title="Nepal ignores Bardot&#8217;s plea to halt animal slaughter">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nabbed Nepali says he extorted ex-king&#8217;s daughter &#8216;with respect&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - A man, who was arrested by Nepal Police for trying to extract money from deposed king Gyanendra Shah&#8217;s daughter Prerana Singh, is trying to mitigate his action saying he had treated the former princess with &#8220;respect&#8221; throughout the extortion  attempt.

Rajesh Hamal created a sensation in the former Himalayan kingdom after police disclosed .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nabbed-nepali-says-he-extorted-ex-kings-daughter-with-respect-232376/">Source &nbsp;: Nabbed Nepali says he extorted ex-king&#8217;s daughter &#8216;with respect&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Man seeks to extort ex-Nepal king&#8217;s daughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Nepal Police Wednesday said they have begun investigating the backgrounds of a pair of lovers who tried to extort former Nepal king Gyanendra&#8217;s daughter Prerana Singh.

&#8220;We have handed over the couple to the crime investigations department,&#8221; said Deputy Superintendent Pradyumna Karki. &#8220;They will remain in police custody for 25 days while investigations are .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-seeks-to-extort-ex-nepal-kings-daughter-231579/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama names ex-vice counsel in India as Nepal&#8217;s new envoy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - American President Barack Obama has named a former US ambassador to Eritrea and ex-vice counsel in India as the new ambassador to Nepal.

Scott H. DeLisi, a career diplomat, has been plucked from the career development and assignments division in the US State Department&#8217;s Bureau of Human Resources, where he was serving as director, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-names-ex-vice-counsel-in-india-as-nepals-new-envoy-230845/" title="Obama names ex-vice counsel in India as Nepal&#8217;s new envoy">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prachanda on mystery visit to Singapore</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Nepal&#8217;s Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, whose party has threatened to call an indefinite shutdown if its demand is not addressed by Friday, flew to Singapore Monday in a surprise move, causing a flutter in political circles.

The former revolutionary is accompanied by Maoist lawmaker and in-charge of the party&#8217;s international affairs, Krishna .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prachanda-on-mystery-visit-to-singapore-230439/">Prachanda on mystery visit to Singapore</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>India, Nepal home ministers&#8217; meet put off due to turmoil</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
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KATHMANDU - The three-day security talks between the home ministers of India and Nepal, scheduled to have started in New Delhi Tuesday, have been postponed indefinitely due to the mounting turmoil in Nepal.
Nepal&#8217;s Home Minister Bhim Rawal, accompanied by Home Secretary Govinda Prasad Kusum and the chiefs of Nepal Police, Armed Police Force  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-nepal-home-ministers-meet-put-off-due-to-turmoil-230302/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russian killed in Nepal chopper crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - A Russian was killed and five people injured when a helicopter crashed in a mountainous district in northern Nepal Sunday.

The Russian flight engineer was identified as D. Satalo, police said.	 	
An MI-8 helicopter run by a Nepali domestic airline, Manang Air, was heading towards Humla district from Surkhet in midwestern Nepal when it .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-killed-in-nepal-chopper-crash-229855/">Source &nbsp;: Russian killed in Nepal chopper crash</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal animal lovers hope India will curb fair slaughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - With Nepal&#8217;s coalition government refusing to ban the biggest slaughter of animals ever at a religious fair in the Terai plains, the republic&#8217;s animal lovers are now pinning their faith on neighbour India putting a brake on the killings.

Two animal rights groups in Nepal that are spearheading a campaign to stop the wanton ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-animal-lovers-hope-india-will-curb-fair-slaughter-229815/">Nepal animal lovers hope India will curb fair slaughter</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal minister&#8217;s slaps cost India dear</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Five stinging slaps delivered by a junior Nepal minister to a senior bureaucrat have cost India dear, causing bilateral trade to come to a virtual standstill for five days.

On Tuesday, Nepal&#8217;s new Minister of State for Agriculture and Cooperatives Karima Begum created a controversy when she stormed into the office of Durga Prasad .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-ministers-slaps-cost-india-dear-229788/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Nepal minister&#8217;s slaps cost India dear</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ace climber missing in Nepal after fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - An ace mountaineer with over 1,500 ascents who survived being trapped by avalanches in Pakistan is missing in northern Nepal since he fell during a solo climbing expedition.

Slovenian daredevil Tomaz Humar, who was plucked from the jaws of death by a miraculous helicopter rescue from Pakistan&#8217;s Nanga Parbat in 2005, is missing since ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ace-climber-missing-in-nepal-after-fall-228064/">Ace climber missing in Nepal after fall</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists ignore Nepal government&#8217;s call for talks, continue stir</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Nepal&#8217;s former Maoist guerrillas Friday kept up their siege on the heart of the government in the capital for the second consecutive day, ignoring a plea by beleaguered Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to call off the stir and open talks.

The coalition government deployed nearly 10,000 Armed Police Force personnel in riot gear ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-ignore-nepal-governments-call-for-talks-continue-stir-227960/" title="Maoists ignore Nepal government&#8217;s call for talks, continue stir">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal Maoists picket Singha Durbar, dozens injured</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Cadres of the Unified CPN (Maoist) clashed with riot police while staging protest outside the country&#8217;s administrative center, Singha Durbar, as part of their second -phase protests against President Ram Baran&#8217;s move to overrule the erstwhile Maoists government&#8217;s decision to sack the then army chief, General Rookmand Katawal.

More than 50 Maoist cadres, including .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-maoists-picket-singha-durbar-dozens-injured-227868/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>India, Nepal home ministers to discuss security cooperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - The home ministers of India and Nepal would discuss greater security cooperation to combat cross-border terrorism in South Asia next week when Nepal&#8217;s Home Minister Bhim Rawal arrives in New Delhi on a three-day visit.

Rawal will be holding talks with his Indian peer P. Chidambaram and senior Indian security officials.	 	
The visit will ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-nepal-home-ministers-to-discuss-security-cooperation-226743/">India, Nepal home ministers to discuss security cooperation</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>MPs hurt in clashes as Maoists cripple Kathmandu</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sudeshna Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Sporadic violence erupted and at least a dozen Maoist lawmakers and an ex-deputy prime minister were injured in clashes with security forces as Nepal&#8217;s former Maoist guerrillas encircled the heart of the government in the capital Thursday and brought it to a standstill.

The eight roads leading to Singha Durbar, the enclave where the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mps-hurt-in-clashes-as-maoists-cripple-kathmandu-226697/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : MPs hurt in clashes as Maoists cripple Kathmandu</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal lifts ban orders to avert violence during Maoist protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Faced with the spectre of violence erupting in the Nepal capital Thursday after the former Maoist guerrillas warned they would go ahead with protests despite a ban, the coalition government Wednesday said it was lifting prohibitory orders.

The government had clamped prohibitory orders on a large area around Singha Durbar, the bastion of the .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-lifts-ban-orders-to-avert-violence-during-maoist-protests-225868/">Nepal lifts ban orders to avert violence during Maoist protests</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>GP Koirala&#8217;s health improving</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gp-koiralas-health-improving-225731/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - The health  of  former  Nepal  Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala  who has been kept under medical observation, is gradually  improving, doctors said today.

Koirala  was  admitted  to the Sahid  Gangalal  Rastriya  Hridaya Kendra after his health became critical.
According .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gp-koiralas-health-improving-225731/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: GP Koirala&#8217;s health improving</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal capital fears violence as government clamps ban orders</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - After a series of peaceful street protests by the former Maoist guerrillas against the communist-led government of Nepal, violence could erupt Thursday in the capital following the ruling alliance&#8217;s decision to clamp prohibitory orders on large tracts of area around Singha Durbar, the bastion of the government.

With the former Maoist guerrillas having announced ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-capital-fears-violence-as-government-clamps-ban-orders-225680/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Nepal capital fears violence as government clamps ban orders</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police bust Indian-run sex racket in Kathmandu</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Nepal police have busted a major call girl racket being run by an Indian with tentacles in major Indian metros and with audacious plans to expand internationally. This comes within a week of police uncovering a Chinese sex workers&#8217; network here. 

Manish Sharma of New Delhi began running the call girl racket in .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-bust-indian-run-sex-racket-in-kathmandu-225514/">Police bust Indian-run sex racket in Kathmandu</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian&#8217;s budding sex empire in Nepal busted</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Within a week of uncovering a Chinese sex workers&#8217; network here, Nepal police have now busted a budding sex empire run by an Indian with tentacles in major Indian metros and with audacious plans to expand internationally.

Manish Sharma, resident of New Delhi, began running the call girl racket in Kathmandu about two months  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indians-budding-sex-empire-in-nepal-busted-225452/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal civil servants on warpath after minister runs amok</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Nepals civil servants went on the warpath Wednesday after a junior minister ran amok, assaulting the topmost bureaucrat of a Terai district.

The agriculture and cooperatives ministry was encircled by protesting civil servants in Kathmandu while government offices were shut down in the Terai plains Wednesday to protest at the Minister of State for ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nepal-civil-servants-on-warpath-after-minister-runs-amok-225405/">Original article on  : Nepal civil servants on warpath after minister runs amok</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands stranded as Maoists lay siege to Kathmandu valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Thousands of people, including the disabled, sick and children, were left stranded on the highways leading to Kathmandu valley as Nepal&#8217;s former Maoist guerrillas Tuesday enforced a blockade to press their demand for a new government even as the ruling alliance warned the siege was against the peace pact.

Lines of trucks laden with .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-stranded-as-maoists-lay-siege-to-kathmandu-valley-224043/">Thousands stranded as Maoists lay siege to Kathmandu valley</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani couple behind fake Indian money trade in Nepal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - A Pakistani couple have been found to be involved in running a fake Indian currency network in Nepal.

Mohammad Ali Zamindar and his wife Sahebi Zamindar had been running the racket from their residence in Balaju in the capital, police said.	 	
Following reports by spies, police raided the house and found a cache of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistani-couple-behind-fake-indian-money-trade-in-nepal-222919/" title="Pakistani couple behind fake Indian money trade in Nepal">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>China follows Indian cue, enters Nepal&#8217;s hydropower sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Nepal&#8217;s northern neighbour China has picked up the cue from its business rival in the region India to gradually consolidate its toehold in this water-rich country&#8217;s hydropower sector.

Chinese companies are now seeking to form joint ventures with Nepal&#8217;s power producers to gain easier access to an industry that, though potentially lucrative, is fraught .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-follows-indian-cue-enters-nepals-hydropower-sector-222326/">Source article &nbsp;: China follows Indian cue, enters Nepal&#8217;s hydropower sector</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Search for survivors as 16 die in Nepal bus accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - At least 16 people - mostly students and pilgrims - were killed on the spot and over two dozen injured in western Nepal Sunday when a bus plunged off the road into a gorge, police said.

The bus was heading from Gokhunga village towards Sandhikharka, the main town in Arghakhanchi, one of the hardest-hit .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/search-for-survivors-as-16-die-in-nepal-bus-accident-222258/">Search for survivors as 16 die in Nepal bus accident</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prachanda predicts news government in Nepal within a week</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/prachanda-predicts-news-government-in-nepal-within-a-week-222251/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, the chief of Nepal&#8217;s former Maoist guerrillas, Sunday predicted that the political crisis gripping the country for more than five months would end within a week with the formation of a new all-party government headed by his party.

Prachanda, whose eight-month-old government fell in May, triggering protests by his party .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prachanda-predicts-news-government-in-nepal-within-a-week-222251/">Source article &nbsp;: Prachanda predicts news government in Nepal within a week</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>16 dead in Nepal bus accident</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/16-dead-in-nepal-bus-accident-222180/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - At least 16 people were killed and over two dozen injured in western Nepal Sunday when a commuter bus met with an accident, police said.

The bus was heading towards Sandhikharka, the main town in Arghakhanchi, one of the hardest-hit districts during the Maoist insurgency, when it met with an accident in Hangshapur village. .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/16-dead-in-nepal-bus-accident-222180/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: 16 dead in Nepal bus accident</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN says Nepal parties should fix president&#8217;s powers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-says-nepal-parties-should-fix-presidents-powers-221569/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sudeshna Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Ignoring a rebuff by Nepal&#8217;s ruling parties, who have asked the UN not to intervene in the republic&#8217;s internal matters, a top UN official is suggesting that the parties fix the powers of President Ram Baran Yadav, whose action almost six months ago triggered a fresh crisis in the Himalayan nation.

Karin Landgren, chief ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-says-nepal-parties-should-fix-presidents-powers-221569/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : UN says Nepal parties should fix president&#8217;s powers</a>.]]></description>
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