Archive for September, 2005

Student Leader Gagan Thapa to Speak in DC

Date: Thursday September 29, 2005 Time: 7-9 PM Venue: Washington Hilton, Embassy Row, Address: 2015 Massachusetts Avenue , (2 min walking distance from DuPont Circle Metro Station) a block from PNC Bank. Phone no for the hotel: 202 265 1600. Contact People: Kiran (Ron) Sitoula, 703 615 5144 Girish Pokhrel: 202-468-

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World Bank Director Warns of Aid Reduction to Nepal

KEN OHASHI The aid precipice Unless the government is able to rejuvenate the reform process the World Bank will have to move the Nepal program to the ‘low case’ In 2002, the World Bank agreed to increase the volume of its assistance to Nepal several fold. This decision recognised the

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Nepal: Beyond Royal Rule – New Crisis Group briefing

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP – NEW BRIEFING Nepal: Beyond Royal Rule Kathmandu/Brussels, 15 September 2005: The unilateral ceasefire announced by the Maoists could lead to resolution of Nepal’s worsening civil war, but only if the international community changes its approach, especially towards the monarchy. Check out this article – it is

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