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Nepal debates who should take over king's roles in festivals (AFP)

yahoo.com     Aug 13, 2008   1 related          

by Deepesh Shrestha 26 minutes ago KATHMANDU (AFP) - As Nepal adjusts to life without a monarchy, the country is now trying to decide who should inherit the role of keeper of its all-important Hindu celebrations. Almost every...                    

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Nepal king's 90-yr-old concubine in royal distress

indiaenews.com     Aug 13, 2008          

By Sudeshna Sarkar. Kathmandu, Nepal, 02:32 PM IST A 90-year-old royal concubine, who is one of the few survivors of Nepal's omnipotent monarchist past, is in sore distress as the new Himalayan republic seeks to eradicate all...                    

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Is Absolute Power on its Last Legs?

groundreport.com     Aug 12, 2008   1 related          

Posted by Liz Colville to findingDulcinea Several nations long ruled by monarchies are abandoning them, many in favor of democracy. Other dictatorships have weakened. But a few strongholds of absolute power do remain. Many...                    

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More than just ice-cream

asianage.com     Aug 8, 2008          

By Chef Gyanendra No need to give up ice cream just because of the weather. You can enjoy the delicious combination of a hot chocolate brownie with coconut ice-cream or a warm apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream....                    

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Mao or never

expressindia.com     Aug 8, 2008   4 related          

President Rambaran Yadav’s deadline for the Maoists to form the government passed on August 5. The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M), the single largest party in the constituent assembly, staked its claim to form the...                    

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Palace massacre survivor finds new love

asianage.com     Aug 7, 2008   1 related          

By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathnmandu Aug. 7: The man who witnessed the gunning down of his loved ones at the horrific massacre in Nepal’s royal palace and survived despite injuries will start a new life seven years after the tragedy....                    

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Maoists turn heat on Nepal pageant

indiatimes.com     Aug 7, 2008   13 related          

KATHMANDU: After having vanquished King Gyanendra, Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas have now turned their wrath on the Himalayan republic's oldest beauty pageant, threatening to stop the Miss Nepal contest that is promoted by...                    

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Right or not, info still hard to come by

indiatimes.com     Aug 4, 2008   1 related          

5 Aug 2008, 0000 hrs IST, Avijit Ghosh,TNN NEW DELHI: Last September when retired government employee H B Agarwal submitted an application in Lucknow's public works department seeking information under the RTI Act, he had...                    

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Nepal revolutionaries blocked from forming gov’t

workers.org     Aug 4, 2008   27 related          

Nepal has erupted in a wave of protests following the swearing in of Parmananda Jha as vice president on July 23. Jha had insisted on being sworn to the post in the Hindi language, spoken widely in neighboring India, rather...                    

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Nepal's PM underscores poverty, unemployment alleviation at SAARC

newstrackindia.com     Aug 2, 2008   114 related          

Colombo, Sat, 02 Aug 2008 ANI Colombo, August 2 (ANI): Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Saturday underscored the need to eliminate poverty and unemployment by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation...                    

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