Nepali business leader: Nepal benefits from tourism in Tibet Sep 9, 2009
KATHMANDU, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Nepal has benefited from the remarkable development of neighboring China's Tibet Autonomous Region and especially in the tourism sector, a Nepalese business leader told Xinhua in a recent interview. "Thousands of tourists go to Tibet every year through Nepal, where easy and convenient transportation link across the border facilitates their travel," said Rajendra Nakarmi, general secretary of Nepal-China Executive Council (NCEC), a private business organization of... (Xinhuanet, China)
Priests attack: India raises concern Sep 6, 2009
The attack on the two newly-appointed Indian priests, Girish Bhatt and Raghavendra Bhatt, at the revered and sacred Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu on September 4 has caused deep anguish and serious concern in India, external affairs ministry spokesperson Vishnu Prakash said, adding that the matter had been taken up with the government at the highest levels ... A team from Indian Embassy in Kathmandu visited the Pashupatinath Temple to talk to the Indian priests and the Nepali Police has... (India Times)
Himalayas hotspot of climate change Sep 4, 2009
NEW DELHI: Its 4,000 miles of mountains, seas and valleys from Kathmandu to Copenhagen ... Recognising that nations need to pool resources and expertise to face climate change impacts, South Asian countries came together for the first time earlier this week for a climate mini-summit in Kathmandu ahead of the Copenhagen meet in December ... The Kathmandu meet recognised the Himalayan ecosystem as a hotspot and aimed to ensure the voice of South Asia gets reflected at Copenhagen, says senior... (India Times)
Your Travels: Mother-daughter Nepal trek Sep 3, 2009
We spent two days in Kathmandu, where we saw centuries-old Hindu temples juxtaposed against modern areas such as Tamil, where one can buy the most up-to-date sports equipment, eat tandoori chicken or find great pizza at Fire and Ice Pizzeria. We then took a short flight aboard a Twin Otter to Lukla, the highest and one of the most dangerous commercial airports in the world at 9,380 feet. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Asia poorest to be hit Sep 3, 2009
KATHMANDU: Climate change threatens to bring food and water shortages to 1 ... "South Asia's vulnerability to climate change has extremely serious implications for agriculture," he told journalists in Kathmandu, adding that "the poor stand to suffer most as a result of unchecked climate change.". (India Times)
Former Nepal prince fake note kingpin? Sep 1, 2009
Birganj and Raxaul have been known to be the transit points for FICN. Gupta, too, lives in Kathmandu. Its an intricate network. (India Times)
Top 10 fantasy holidays for wannabes Aug 29, 2009
Manish Swarup / AP fileLive like a Buddhist at the Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal ... Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal: Live like a BuddhistEvery year, over 200 Westerners travel to the Kopan Monastery in the foothills of the Himalayas to take part in a 30-day enlightenment retreat. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Nepal: Climate hits millions Aug 29, 2009
KATHMANDU: Millions of people in Nepal face severe food shortage as changing weather patterns hit crop production in the country, an international aid agency warned on Friday. Climate changes have dramatically affected crop yields in Nepal, leaving farmers unable to properly feed themselves, and pushing them deeper into debts, Oxfam International said in a report released here. (India Times)
Divine Revelation: Buddhist Sculpture at the V&A Aug 29, 2009
In the 14th century, metalworkers from Nepal's Kathmandu Valley crafted the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, a manifestation of the Buddhist lord of compassion, in gilded copper and precious-stone inlay. An androgynous-looking deity with wide hips and sensuous form (in Chinese tradition, Avalokiteshvara or Guan Yin is female, in others male), Avalokiteshvara's serene face projects the harmony to which all Buddhists aspire. (Time.com)
Visiting The Swayambhunath Temple I... Aug 29, 2009
Visiting The Swayambhunath Temple In Kathmandu. Visiting The Swayambhunath Temple In Kathmandu ... The Monkey Temple Swayambhunath is one of Nepal's oldest religious sites and one of Kathmandu's most popular tourist attractions. (Suite101.com)
Nepal to organize tourism year promotion in China Aug 28, 2009
KATHMANDU, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) is going to organize China Road Show in various Chinese cities with the aim of promoting Nepal Tourism Year 2011, The Kathmandu Post reported on Friday. According to the daily, the road show is scheduled to be held in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong on Aug. 29-Sept. (Xinhuanet, China)
We asked, you answered! Aug 14, 2009
After our week in India we flew on to Kathmandu to start our trek in the foothills of the Himalayas bliss. Catherine. (iAfrica.com)
Hizb duo trained in PoK Aug 8, 2009
An unidentified man received them in Kathmandu and took them to Pokhra, from where they reached Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. On August 3, they boarded a train to Jammu. (India Times)
'India, US planned to attack China' Aug 6, 2009
KATHMANDU: Maoist chief Prachanda has made a sensational charge that India and the US had planned to launch anti-China campaign, even a possible attack on the Communist giant, using Nepalese territory. "I had to quit the post of Prime Minister as my party was opposed to allow our territory to be used against China," Prachanda was quoted as saying by the Rajdhani daily. (India Times)
Nepal: Youth who ran over 5 Indians surrenders Aug 6, 2009
KATHMANDU: As Nepal condemned the grisly accident in the heart of the capital on Wednesday in which six pedestrians 00004000 , including five Indians, were struck down by a speeding car, its driver, a 21-year-old student, surrendered before police ... Dipak Gupta, 28, also from Sitamarhi, was taken to the National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences in Kathmandu with serious head injuries ... Kathmandu police will pay NRS 5,000 ex gratia compensation for each person killed, police... (India Times, India)
Gurkhas hail star: 'Here comes goddess Joanna' Jul 28, 2009
British actress Joanna Lumley greets former Gurkha soldiers in Kathmandu yesterday ... JOANNA LUMLEY received a rapturous welcome in Kathmandu on her first visit to Nepal after leading a campaign that forced the British Government into a climbdown over the rights of Gurkha veterans to live in Britain. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Solar eclipse shrouds Asia in cloak of darkness Jul 22, 2009
"I was advised not to leave the house as the eclipse brings bad luck to you and your family," said Deepa Shrestha, a 25-year-old housemaid in Kathmandu. Superstition has always haunted the moment when Earth, moon and sun are perfectly aligned. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
WHITTAKER: Sabbatical proves to be a journey in faith Jul 9, 2009
From there, we drove north for about seven hours to the border with Nepal, and then a few miles further to Lumbini, site of the Buddha s birth in the sixth century B.C.E. Later, we visited the magnificent stupas of Swaymbhunath and Bodhnath in Kathmandu, but our most intense experience of Tibetan Buddhism was beyond doubt in Bhutan. There were monks everywhere (a shop sign in one small town announced Ready Made Garments for Monks ) and prayer flags strung around temples and houses and across... (Holliston Tab, MA)
On the roof of the world Jul 5, 2009
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More new A/H1N1 flu cases reported in Asia-Pacific region Jul 1, 2009
A health official takes the body temperature of a monk arriving at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu June 30, 2009 ... A health official takes the body temperatures of arriving travellers at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu June 30, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
Nepal to share power with Maoists Jun 28, 2009
KATHMANDU: Notwithstanding Maoist chief Prachandas threat to launch Peoples Movement-III against the ruling CPN-UML, the government of PM Madhav Kumar Nepal has expressed willingness to share power with the former rebels in a bid to take the peace process to its logical end. Even though the Maoists continue to block the parliament and launched anti-government agitations, efforts are on to bring them in the new cabinet, foreign minister Sujata Koirala said. (India Times, India)
10 things every traveler should do Jun 26, 2009
Pico Iyer has written nine books, including "Video Night in Kathmandu" and "The Open Road," a record of his 34 years of talks and travels with the 14th Dalai Lama. He lives in rural Japan and Santa Barbara, California, with his longtime sweetheart. (CNN -- Travel)
India crucial for peace process: Nepal Jun 20, 2009
KATHMANDU: Nepal has underlined the key role of India in its landmark peace process as a top Indian official is set to meet senior leaders in the country ... Menon, who is expected to arrive in Kathmandu on Saturday on a two-day visit, will impress upon the Nepalese leadership the need to take the peace process forward. (India Times, India)
Nepal issues alert on swine flu Jun 18, 2009
KATHMANDU: Nepal government has alerted the general public about the influenza 'A' H1N1 popularly known as swine flu ... Checking of passengers arriving from USA and Canada have already started at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu as a preventive measure against the flu. (India Times, India)
Ethnic strike cripples life in Nepal Jun 1, 2009
KATHMANDU: Angry protesters stoned vehicles and shut down shops and schools in the Nepali capital on Monday as a strike demanding a separate Newar autonomous province took hold, police and witnesses said ... Ethnic Newars dominate temple-studded Kathmandu, the Himalayan nation's capital, as well as several small towns ... They want the Kathmandu valley turned into an autonomous state. (India Times, India)
Job cut out for Krishna May 28, 2009
What will also test the new ministers skill is negotiating with the changed regime in Kathmandu while keeping contacts open with the Maoists. India must tread carefully here as the Maoists, by far the biggest political force right now, also partly blame New Delhi for bringing down their government. (India Times)
Big Cinemas forays into Netherlands May 25, 2009
The R-ADAG company has acquired movie theatres in the US, Malaysia, Mauritius and Kathmandu in the past few years. Big Cinemas owns 230 screens abroad, but its first overseas Big Cinemas-branded theatre will debut in Chicago in the next few days. (India Times)
Madhav Kumar sworn in as Nepal PM May 25, 2009
KATHMANDU: Veteran Communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal was on Monday sworn in as the Prime Minister of Nepal, ending the weeks-long political crisis and easing the Maoists out of power after a short stint. 56-year-old Nepal, who was elected unopposed as the Prime Minister on Saturday by the Constituent assembly, was sworn in by President Ram Baran Yadav at 11 am. (India Times, India)
'Beware of Nepal' - US May 25, 2009
The United States also said that violent crime and harassment of women were on the rise, including in popular tourist areas of Kathmandu. Several foreigners have reported thefts from their hotel rooms while asleep, while visitors have also been duped by scams or extorted while on trekking routes, the State Department said. (iAfrica.com)
Nepal church bombed May 24, 2009
The attack on Kathmandu's only Roman Catholic place of worship marked the "saddest day" in the history of the religion in the impoverished mountain nation, one prominent church leader said ... A pamphlet of an obscure Hindu extremist group called the National Defence Army was found at the blast site in Lalitpur, a district adjoining Kathmandu, police said. (iAfrica.com)
* Two killed in Nepal blast ahead of crucial PM vote May 24, 2009
A HINDU STATE:: Party officials said the election was a formality because the communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal was the only candidate to file nomination papers REUTERS AND AFP, KATHMANDU AND WASHINGTON Sunday, May 24, 2009, Page 5. Journalists and investigators look on at the Church of the Assumption in Kathmandu, Nepal, yesterday, after a bomb exploded during mass, killing two people and wounding 14 ... The blast hit the Dhobighat suburb in Lalitpur, an adjoining town 4km south of Kathmandu.... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Nepal PM to be sworn in on Tuesday May 24, 2009
KATHMANDU: Nepal's new Prime Minister-elect veteran Communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal will be administered oath of office on Tuesday, heralding an end to a three-week-long political vacuum that had engulfed the Himalayan republic after its Maoist government fell due to a row with the army. The new premier's party, the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), said that Nepal would be sworn in Tuesday by President Ram Baran Yadav. (India Times, India)
Two killed in Nepal blast, hours before PM election May 23, 2009
KATHMANDU: Two persons were killed and at least 15 injured when an explosion ripped through a church near the Nepali capital on Saturday, police said, hours before the country's parliament was set to elect a new prime minister. The blast hit the Dhobighat suburb in Lalitpur, an adjoining town 4 km south of Kathmandu ... Two persons were killed when an explosion ripped through a church near Kathmandu on Saturday, hours before the country's parliament was set to elect a new PM.. (India Times, India)
SA climber summits Everest May 23, 2009
John Black, an accomplished South African mountaineer, along with climbing partners Robby Kojetin and Gilad Stern left for Kathmandu on 28 March 2009, to fulfill his lifelong dream of climbing Mount Everest with the assistance of his sponsors, Cape Union Mart ... Arriving in Kathmandu on 29 March, the team made their way to Lukla (2840m) and from Lukla to Phakding on 31 May. (iAfrica.com)
Nepal set to elect PM, CPN-UML chief files papers May 23, 2009
KATHMANDU: With Nepal's Parliament set to elect a new Prime Minister after weeks-long political impasse, veteran communist leader and CPN-UML chief Madhav Kumar Nepal, backed by a 22-party alliance, on Saturday filed his nomination for the coveted post from which Maoist supremo Prachanda resigned on May 4. Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala proposed 56-year-old Nepal's name for the post and CPN-UML Chairman Jhalanath Khanal seconded it along with representatives from 22 different... (India Times, India)
Pune girl conquers Mount Everest May 22, 2009
They set out on the expedition from Kathmandu on April 12. Aang Tshering Sherpa, founder chairman of the Asian Trekking Agency in Nepal through which Krushnaa went on the expedition, also confirmed the news. (India Times, India)
EDIT: Chinese Checkers May 22, 2009
To the east, the growing affinity between Beijing and Kathmandu is a matter of record. There, too, closer economic ties and infrastructure projects aimed at allowing easier access to Indian markets have the potential to bring the latter closer to New Delhi. (India Times, India)
Tarun Vijay: Who falls if India rises? May 20, 2009
Recession has put off lights in a hundred million homes and diplomacy has to show its best with confidence when China makes ADB stop an aid to Arunachal, Tamils are severely brutalized and Swat remains a difficult zone for Delhi, though Kathmandu has given signs of relief, which needs further restrengthening of the non-violent democratic forces. We wanted a stable government, led by a party with a national outlook, which is necessarily free in taking decisions and without any dependence on the... (India Times, India)
Nepal's Maoists cry Indian foul play May 15, 2009
According to the Maoists, the Indian establishment has forced them out of power in a virtual coup by rallying disparate political elements and vested interests opposed to them in Kathmandu on various counts, including the Nepalese army and Nepal's deposed king ... Delhi wanted the unhelpful leadership in Colombo to be put in its place - like the Maoists in Kathmandu who showed the audacity to warm up to China's friendly overtures ... At the very minimum, one has to be truly moronic to miss the... (Asia Times Online)
Now pray at Nepal's Pashupatinath online! May 15, 2009
KATHMANDU: If you want to worship centuries-old Pashupatinath temple in Nepal and cannot afford to visit there, just go online. For the first time, the administration here has made the arrangements for Internet worshipping at the Pashupatinath temple, one of the eight holiest Hindu shrines. (India Times, India)
EDIT: Ties That Bind May 12, 2009
While its decision to rid Kathmandus Pashupatinath temple of south Indian priests backfired last year, the Prachanda regime displayed its ambivalence towards Indians in Nepal ... Not only does commerce flourish through open trade routes, India contributes a lions share of Nepals FDI. This relationship, built on deep civilisational and cultural affinities, has withstood regime change in Kathmandu before and can only be reinforced by Indias sincere effort to win hearts and minds in Nepal.... (India Times, India)
Indian-origin leader may be Nepal PM May 11, 2009
KATHMANDU: As Nepal's warring parties failed to come up with a consensus government by Saturday, embattled President Ram Bran Yadav on Sunday took recourse to the other constitutional option and asked interim Parliament to elect a new Prime Minister on the basis of simple majority. However, it is easier said than done with the Maoists keeping up their obstruction of the house. (India Times)
Anger & angst in Nepal May 10, 2009
Keshav Pradhan assesses the mood in Kathmandu. Bookmark / Share. (India Times, India)
We'll not bow to foreign pressure: Prachanda May 9, 2009
In his first interview since he stepped down over the stand-off with Nepal's president Ram Baran Yadav, Prachanda tells TOI's Keshav Pradhan in Kathmandu that he wants to put relations with China on the same footing as that with India. KATHMANDU: Confident of his party regaining power, Nepal's caretaker prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, a.k.a. Prachanda, said on Friday that he would not stand ``foreign pressure'' and that he would like to bring relations with China at the same level as those... (India Times, India)
China made Prachanda fire army chief May 9, 2009
Reports from Kathmandu said that during the meeting Prachanda repeated the platitudes of maintaining the peace process ... This has added an edge to the normal political chaos in Kathmandu. (India Times, India)
Deadline ends, Nepal's parties yet to reach consensus May 9, 2009
KATHMANDU: With the deadline set by the President Ram Baran Yadav expiring on Saturday, Nepal's political parties, engaged in intense parleys, are yet to reach consensus to form a new national unity government to take over from the Maoists. ( ). (India Times, India)
Incredible India for Chinese tourists May 7, 2009
She explains that she was in New Delhi for just three days, on her way to Kathmandu, Nepal. "I was amazed by the Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort. But I didn't have much fun with the city sightseeing," she says. (Xinhuanet, China)
SUBVERSE: Nepali chopsuey May 6, 2009
That more or less sums up Kathmandu's perception of New Delhi: when something goes wrong, it's India that's the cause of it ... New Delhi's attitude to Kathmandu can perhaps best be described as one of the affable contempt one shows towards a younger and smaller sibling: You're nice enough little fella, but don't get too big for your boots or you'll get a thwack over your head ... Though Indian foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee was prompt in clarifying that the episode was "internal to Nepal"... (India Times, India)
COMMENT: Challenges Of Transition May 6, 2009
In this interregnum of 15 years leading to the present crisis, the powers that be in Kathmandu tried unsuccessfully to crush the Maoists with the help of the then Royal Nepalese Army ... Kathmandu crisis is a test of Nepal's democracy. (India Times, India)
China inroads into Nepal army gives India the jitters May 6, 2009
With Nepal engulfed in turmoil once again, following the resignation of Maoist PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda after failing to sack Nepal army chief General Rookmangud Katawal in a power struggle with President Ram Baran Yadav, South Block is closely monitoring the evolving situation in Kathmandu. Though the official line is that the developments in Nepal are purely its internal matter, as enunciated by foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee, India obviously does not want its... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Tarun Vijay: In haste, a Maoist retreat May 5, 2009
No doubt Indian communists, led by an overwhelmingly influential CPM leader facilitated, and rejoiced at this change-over in Kathmandu, which saw the Hindu nation tag removed as the first show of strength of the first "revolutionary republican government" led by the red flag ... But almost the entire Nepal felt a great relief seeing Prachanda resigning and though there were usual demonstrations on Kathmandu's roads by Red Flags, it hardly created a ripple or sympathy. (India Times, India)
Nepal braces for protests May 5, 2009
The crisis has already brought thousands of pro and anti-Maoist demonstrators on to the streets of Kathmandu, with police maintaining a heavy presence to prevent any clashes. The resignation of Prachanda whose real name is Pushpa Kamal Dahal, but who goes by a nom-de-guerre meaning "fierce one" now leaves the landlocked Himalayan nation in political limbo. (iAfrica.com)
EDIT: Crisis In Kathmandu May 5, 2009
India needs to maintain its concerns without aiding the perception that it doesn't fully respect Kathmandu's sovereign interests. Winning friends in the neighbourhood has never been easy for a regional power anywhere in the world. (India Times, India)
Is India to blame in any way for the fall of Nepal's Maoist govt? May 5, 2009
KATHMANDU: They had fought a 10-year war from underground with success to overthrow the powerful royal family but Nepals Maoist partys new battle against the army chief, Gen Rookmangud Katawal, ended in utter rout for the former guerrillas, forcing party supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda to announce his resignation as prime minister in a televised address to the nation Monday. ( ). (India Times, India)
Nepal's Maoists say peace process 'in peril' May 4, 2009
KATHMANDU (AFP) Nepal's ruling Maoists warned Monday that the Himalayan nation's peace process was "in peril" after the country's president attempted to stop them sacking the powerful army chief. The ultra-leftists fired General Rookmangud Katawal for refusing to integrate former Maoist rebel soldiers into the regular army under the terms of a 2006 peace deal that ended a decade of civil war. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Nepal president snubs PM, asks army chief to stay May 4, 2009
KATHMANDU: In a big blow to Prachanda, Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav has asked Gen Rukmangad Katawal to remain as Nepal's army chief as his dismissal by the countrys prime minister does not meet the "constitutional requirements and due process". ( ). (India Times, India)
Nepal army under fresh fire May 3, 2009
KATHMANDU: In 2005, they had helped King Gyanendra seize absolute power and became branded as an army that rode roughshod over the elected government ... The front-page reports in Kantipur, Nepals largest circulated daily, and its sister publication the Kathmandu Post drew an immediate response from the army, which rejected them as "fabricated, false and baseless" ... However, the conspirators said they would not harm the PLA fighters who would be allowed to go home or abroad while the UN... (India Times, India)
Maoists cross swords with Nepal army May 3, 2009
Tension simmered in the Nepal Army headquarters in Kathmandu with senior officers called to a meeting as the defence ministry, headed by former Maoist military strategist Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal, issued a stern reprimand to the 61-year-old general, asking him to explain by tomorrow why the army chose to disobey the government over several issues. If Katawal fails to provide a "satisfactory" answer, the Maoist government is trying to fire him. (India Times, India)
Nepal sacks army chief Gen Katawal May 3, 2009
KATHMANDU: Ending days of speculation, Nepal's Maoists-led government on Sunday fired army chief Gen Rukmanga Katawal, replacing him with loyalist Gen Kul Bahadur Khadka. The announcement was made by prime minister Prachanda's Press Adviser Om Sharma despite domestic and international calls against such a move, including from India. (India Times, India)
S Asia trade: Only talk, no growth May 3, 2009
Colombo to Kathmandu via Bangkok ... Ten years ago I attended a conference in Kathmandu on Sapta (South Asia Preferential Treaty) ... Last weekend I was back in Kathmandu to speak at another conference, this time at a media training conclave on SAFTA (South Asia Free Trade Agreement) and successor to Sapta. (India Times)
Learn to speak Everest Apr 30, 2009
After years of planning, hours of training and one or two disappointments, a three-man strong team of South African mountaineers, have finally made their way to Kathmandu for a summit attempt of the world's giant Mount Everest thanks to their sponsors, including Cape Union Mart. Although John Black, Gilad Stern and Robbie Kojetin have each climbed their fair share of mountains, either in pairs or on solo expeditions, Everest will be their first climb as a team. (iAfrica.com)
Indians in Nepal can't be bothered to vote Apr 18, 2009
KATHMANDU: They think nothing of hopping across the border to India to attend a wedding, obtain medical treatment or attend business conferences ... "The ICA had petitioned the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, asking for the government to enable the Indians registered with the embassy to cast their votes in Nepal," Raghav said ... The Indian community in Nepal boasts of big names like Vikram Singh Deo, the former ruler of a principality in Rajasthan whose daughter Himani, wedded to Nepal's former... (India Times, India)
Grads need to make themselves marketable Mar 28, 2009
Arul W, who travelled by bus from England to Kathmandu right after graduation also advocates globetrotting. I learned about myself and learned about other people. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
A middle path opens up to Nepal Mar 20, 2009
KATHMANDU - While trade figures continue to depict India and China as countries that are getting closer by the day, their security perceptions and approaches to events in the neighborhood - and beyond - remain strikingly divergent, showing them as competing powers ... By presenting a draft of a proposed friendship treaty to Nepal, replacing the one signed in 1960 in Kathmandu, China has signaled to India (and its Western allies) that it is not willing to ... The situation took another turn when... (Asia Times Online)
China-Nepal ties reach new heights Mar 17, 2009
KATHMANDU - This March 10, Nepal proved itself unwilling to allow a repeat of the mass Tibetan demonstrations that were held here from March to September 2008. Although the energy and numbers of last year's demonstrations surrounding the anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising and Dalai Lama's flight into exile were not present this year, Nepalese riot police still took forcible measures to prevent a group of approximately 200 Tibetan demonstrators leaving the Boudha district of Kathmandu ...... (Asia Times Online)
