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Hong Kong thrash Qatar by 176 runs

cricinfo.com     Jul 28, 2008   3 related          

Offspinner Tauqir Ali took 4 for 19 to set up UAE's eight-wicket win over Bahrain at the Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur. With Bahrain bowled out for 122, UAE needed only 28 overs to wrap the game and openers Mohammad Iqbal and...                    

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Victorious Maoists Lose Battle for Kathmandu

newsblaze.com     Jul 27, 2008   19 related          

By Nava Thakuria After weeks of rigorous homework, sustained activities and glorified victories, the rebellion Communists of Nepal were ready to form a democratic republic regime at Kathmandu, but their hopes turned sour with...                    

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A hectare to build a life on

hindustantimes.com     Jul 26, 2008          

Pankaj Jaiswal, Hindustan Times In May, Raju of Parasan village in Kalpi had weighed his options and decided that taking tablets of celphose, a pesticide, would be the easiest way out of his miserable existence. After a drought...                    

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India congratulates Nepal's first president

irna.com     Jul 24, 2008   10 related          

Indian President Mrs Pratibal Patil congratulated Ram Baran Yadav on Thursday on his election as Nepal's first President. In a letter to his Nepalese counterpart, Patil said that Yadav's election "represents a new chapter in...                    

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Nepal's first president sworn in with pomp and pride

msn.com     Jul 24, 2008   405 related          

Ousted king Gyanendra, who is in virtual exile, was not invited to the programme though royalist politicians and former ministers in the king's cabinet were present. Kathmandu: A new chapter began in Nepal's history on...                    

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Royal massacre: Witness claims Dipendra innocent

asianage.com     Jul 23, 2008   6 related          

Kathmandu, July 23: In a new twist to the controversy surrounding the 2001 royal palace massacre, a Nepalese soldier claiming to be an eyewitness to the tragedy has said Crown Prince Dipendra, blamed for the ghastly act, was...                    

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Ram Baran Yadav sworn in

hindu.com     Jul 23, 2008   4 related          

— Photo: AFP A new era begins: Ram Baran Yadav (right) is sworn in by Chief Justice Kedar Prasad Giri (left) as Vice-President Parmananda Jha (centre) looks on, in Sheetal Niwas, Kathmandu, on Wednesday. KATHMANDU: Ram Baran...                    

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Maoist threat: China’s role must be watched

asianage.com     Jul 23, 2008          

Nitish Sengupta It is one of the supreme ironies of our times that while China has virtually discarded and disowned Mao Zedong, a number of revolutionaries swearing by his name have mushroomed over large tracts of South Asia....                    

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Maoists refuse to take power in Nepal

independent.co.uk     Jul 23, 2008   1 related          

The world's newest republic has been thrown into fresh political turmoil after Nepal's Maoists announced they would not form the country's next government. In a response to their presidential candidate's defeat on Monday, the...                    

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Prez begins with prayer at Pashupati

asianage.com     Jul 22, 2008          

BY SUDESHNA SARKAR Kathmandu July 22: Ram Baran Yadav, the 61-year-old physician who will be sworn in as the first President of the new Republic of Nepal on Wednesday and replace dethroned king Gyanendra as the head of state,...                    

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