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Hari Uprety: Nepal - Terrorists Can't Be Trusted
Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 2:38 pm | Guest Opinion
The seven agitating parties have for long claimed that it was their effort that yielded into the Maoists announcing the unilateral truce and that some of them have finally made them agree to conditionally lay down their arms and take part in the competitive ... More >>
Party-Maoist Alliance: Alarming Political Cocktail
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 3:06 pm | Guest Opinion
The press release issued by the United States Embassy in Kathmandu on November 4 expressing the alarm over the possible alliance between Maoist and political parties has put agitating seven parties on a back foot. Different people depending on their ... More >>
New Non-Fiction: "Lawless World" By Philippe Sands
Tuesday, 15 November 2005, 3:11 pm | Guest Opinion
Lawless World - America and the making and breaking of Global Rules from FDR's Atlantic Charter to George Bush's Illegal war -A New Book By Philippe Sands More >>
Mohan Sharma: Indian Politics & Bhutanese Refugees
Monday, 14 November 2005, 1:14 pm | Guest Opinion
Indian Politics and Bhutanese Refugees Mohan Sharma The biggest democracy of the world, India has been emerging as one of the super powers of the world. It has been so powerful that Man Mohan Singh has to either blink or gibe a nod to George Bush ... More >>
P. Kharel: Terrorism Is Terrorism By Any Name
Monday, 14 November 2005, 1:02 pm | Guest Opinion
Nepali King addressing the inaugural function of the 13th SAARC Summit here Saturday, expressed concern that the global war on terrorism had failed to reach especially in weak and vulnerable countries, as if they did not deserve justice and protection ... More >>
Julian King: Journalism PNG Style
Wednesday, 9 November 2005, 12:23 am | Guest Opinion
What would you do if you were a journalist and you were conducting this interview? Five minutes into the interview a car drives up and five men get out of the car approach you and the person you are interviewing. They ask the man you are interviewing his ... More >>
Nepal's King Should Take A Conciliatory Approach
Friday, 4 November 2005, 11:43 am | Guest Opinion
Nepal again hits the headlines about the announcement of the parliamentary election and the controversial New Ordinance that is aimed at curbing the press. It has brought many contradictions in constitutional provisions related to media. More >>
Guest Opinion: Nepal - Yes, We Are Different !!
Friday, 4 November 2005, 11:32 am | Guest Opinion
When terrorists hit Delhi or London, all political forces join hands with the Government to fight the terrorism. When terrorists hit Nepal, all political forces join hands with the Terrorists to fight the Government. More >>
Guest Opinion: Why The CIA Reads The Internet
Wednesday, 2 November 2005, 11:50 am | Guest Opinion
We need to rethink the distinction between open sources and secrets. Too many policymakers and intelligence officers mistake secrecy for intelligence and assume that information covertly acquired is superior to that obtained openly. More >>
Princess Shrestha: Maoists Pressure On The People
Monday, 31 October 2005, 12:45 am | Guest Opinion
Maoists in Nepal are utilizing their self-announced ceasefire to pressurize the government, by forcing hundreds of family members of security personnel to go to district administrative offices and ask the government either to discharge their kin from security services, ... More >>
Jim Oberg: How Has it Come to This?
Monday, 31 October 2005, 12:32 am | Guest Opinion
On November 2nd, one year after an election that saw more 'irregularities' than any in recent history, I will be leading a march to the streets to drive out the Bush regime! For me, a 65 year old retiree, who has believed in the orderly transition ... More >>
MR Josse: Poll Boycott Will Be Political Hara-Kiri
Friday, 21 October 2005, 10:29 am | Guest Opinion
The Election Commission (EC)'s recent announcement that the election process for 58 municipalities would commence on January 26, 2006 and culminate in elections for the same on February 8, 2006 follows King Gyanendra's declaration in his New Year ... More >>
Indian SSB Chase Nepali Families From Homeland
Monday, 17 October 2005, 11:19 am | Guest Opinion
Exactly one and half months ago Indian Sima Sasastra Bal (SSB) or Border Special Force begun chasing the Nepali families from Triveni Susta Village saying the territory lies under the jurisdiction of Indian State of Bihar. About 1000 Indian farmers, ... More >>
Bahadur: Parties And Polls in Nepal
Monday, 17 October 2005, 11:16 am | Guest Opinion
THE announcement contained in the message of the King to the countrymen on the auspicious occasion of Bada Dasain regarding elections to the House of the Representatives has been hailed from all walks of life. More >>
Indian Expansionism: Harmful for Peace in SA
Friday, 7 October 2005, 12:39 am | Guest Opinion
The encroachment of Nepalese land in Susta VDC, Nawalparasi clearly demonstrates how India is trying to take advantage of current political mess in Nepal by encroaching Nepalese territory. While Indian embassy's staffers in Kathmandu keep themselves ... More >>
Greens Shouldn’t Waste Time With Greed Merchants
Wednesday, 5 October 2005, 11:07 am | Guest Opinion
Despite a well intentioned and highly publicized meeting, big business still finds the Green Party scary. By the way the media has portrayed this it seems like we are all supposed to be worried that the ‘anti-business Greens’ may well form part of ... More >>
The Real Deal: Regarding The Price Of Milk
Tuesday, 4 October 2005, 11:49 am | Guest Opinion
Mr. Chairman and ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for the privilege of speaking to you today. I am not an economist with a degree, but for the last 25 years I have published and edited a financial newsletter, and I hope that qualifies me to speak ... More >>
Bhupal Lamichhaney: Looking For Answers For Nepal
Monday, 3 October 2005, 1:17 pm | Guest Opinion
Conflict is inevitable. We cannot escape this. What we can do, however, is to address the conflict and transform into an atmosphere from where the beginning of sustain Peace can start. Peace is not just the situation where there is no war. Peace is ... More >>
Saubhagya Shah: Susta Sellouts & Other Vertigos
Wednesday, 21 September 2005, 12:34 am | Guest Opinion
Perhaps one of the biggest contemporary political mysteries must be this: the king who has pledged himself to holding multiparty elections within three years and transferring power to the elected representative is being opposed tooth and nail by an unlikely ... More >>
NZ Soldiers - Treated As Nuclear Guinea Pigs
Tuesday, 20 September 2005, 2:06 pm | Guest Opinion
In 1957 the UK goverment, with the collaboration of the NZ government, deliberately and knowingly exposed UK and NZ servicemen and their future descendants to nuclear radiation, resulting in disease, suffering, pain, genetic damage and eventual death. ... More >>
