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NEPAL: Army-Rebel Integration Hangs Fire
By Renu Kshetry
KATHMANDU - Two years after Maoist fighters put aside their arms and agreed to place themselves in United Nations-monitored camps, the issue of integrating them into the regular Nepal army as part of a peace process hangs fire.
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RIGHTS-NEPAL: Maoists Attack Journos, Threaten Media Freedom
By Mallika Aryal
KATHMANDU - When Kunda Dixit, editor of the ‘Nepali Times’ and 12 other staff members of the Himalmedia publishing house were attacked and injured by supporters of Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), a week ago, it was a sign that Nepal’s ruling party intends to influence the media through intimidation.
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DEVELOPMENT-NEPAL: Returning Power to Local Bodies is Critical
By Mallika Aryal
KATHMANDU - As members of Nepal’s newly-formed Constituent Assembly (CA) begin the process of a writing a new constitution for this former monarchy they will consider reviving devolution of power to local administrative bodies as the fastest way to ensure development.
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EDUCATION-NEPAL: Increasing Budget Not Enough to Meet Goals
By Renu Kshetry
HUMLA - While the new Maoist government has dramatically increased the outlay for education in the annual budget to meet the goal of Education for All (EFA) by 2015, a visit to remote, mountainous Limi village in mid-western Nepal shows that the goal will be hard to reach.
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NEPAL : Militarising or Demilitarising?
By Rita Manchanda
KATHMANDU - Fighting a decade long ‘People’s War’ for the revolutionary transformation of a feudal monarchy meant that the Maoists had to militarise Nepali society, including women and youth.
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HEALTH-NEPAL: Meeting MDG on HIV/AIDS - A Dream?
By Renu Kshetry
KATHMANDU - Shibu Giri, programme officer at the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nepal, who tested positive in 2000, believed he was fit and fine as his CD-4 count stayed normal.
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CULTURE-NEPAL: Religious Tradition vs Maoist Secularism
By Rita Manchanda
KATHMANDU - Nepalis, religious and tradition-bound as they are, have in recent months worried over the fate of their centuries-old rituals and customs in the newly minted Maoist republic.
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NEPAL: Civil War Victims Await Compensation
By Renu Kshetry
KATHMANDU - Kamala Limbu’s husband, a Maoist activist, was allegedly abducted by security personnel in 2001. She has no clue about his whereabouts, nor can she avail of promised relief for want of proof. "It is discrimination. From where will I get all the facts?" asks Limbu.
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RIGHTS-NEPAL: Return to Peace Threatened by Vigilante Groups
By Renu Kshetry
KATHMANDU - Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s defence in parliament of continued vigilante action by the Young Communist League (YCL), the youth wing of his Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-M), has disappointed rights activists as detrimental for a quick return to the rule of law.
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RIGHTS-NEPAL: Truth, Reconciliation in Limbo
By Mallika Aryal
KATHMANDU - When Nepal's Supreme Court directed the government in June 2007 to form a commission to investigate cases of forced disappearances, during the 1996-2006 civil war, it extended hope to many survivors. More than a year later the idea of a truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) is still in limbo.
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NEPAL: Dependence on Rice Adds to Food Crisis
By Renu Kshetry
KATHMANDU - Every year, around June, people living in the impoverished western half of this mountainous country suffer from food scarcity. This year was no different, except that the problem got aggravated by increasing dependence on rice flown in rather than locally grown food grains.
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RIGHTS-NEPAL: Court Ruling Emboldens Third Gender
By Mallika Aryal
KATHMANDU - Suman Tamang, 26, remembers feeling guilty for wishing he were a man. Tamang, born a woman, wanted to do the heavy work only men do, was friends with more men than women and was attracted to girls. "At that time, I didn’t really understand I was transgender, I was awkward and I knew I was different."
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NEPAL: A Small Victory for Nepali Women
By Mallika Aryal
KATHMANDU - Representatives from the Madhesis, Janajatis, Dalits and other indigenous groups were present when Nepal’s newly elected constituent assembly sat for its very first meeting late last month, and 191 of the 601-member assembly were women.
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Nepal marks the end of a 240-year monarchy and the birth of the republic. Deposed King Gyanendra quit the palace on June 11, 2008, leaving the Nepali people with new questions: Will the new leaders deliver on their promises? Will the poor see their lives improve? Will Nepal be a truly independent, sovereign and inclusive democratic republic?.