http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/NepalFind stories, videos, and photos about Nepal from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:51:05 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Nepal14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Nepal from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/nepal.animal.sacrifice/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/nepal.animal.sacrifice/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe two-day ritual slaughter of tens of thousands of animals -- among the world's largest sacrifice of animals -- began Tuesday in southern Nepal, officials said.Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/nepal.church.collapse/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/nepal.church.collapse/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 23 people died when part of a church collapsed in eastern Nepal, police said Wednesday.Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/nepal.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/nepal.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 19 people were killed when a bus plunged into a swollen river in central Nepal Thursday, police said.Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/nepal.landslide/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/nepal.landslide/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive people died Friday in landslides in the mountains of western Nepal.Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/nepal.pm.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/nepal.pm.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepal's prime minister said Monday he will resign to save what he called the country's "infant democracy."Mon, 04 May 2009 14:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/nepal.army/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/nepal.army/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepal's Maoist government took the president to task Monday for ordering the country's army chief of staff to stay in office after they had fired him, calling the decision "unconstitutional."Mon, 04 May 2009 08:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/nepal.army/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/nepal.army/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepal's government ordered the country's army chief of staff fired Sunday, touching off street protests and a split in Nepal's Maoist-dominated ruling coalition.Mon, 04 May 2009 03:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/nepal.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/nepal.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextNine passengers were killed when a bus plunged about 2,300 feet (700 meters) into a ravine in Nepal on Sunday, police said.Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/28/nepal.tibet.anniversary.security/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/28/nepal.tibet.anniversary.security/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities in Nepal said Saturday they have beefed up security near the Chinese Embassy to stop any possible anti-Chinese demonstrations in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's flight from Tibet.Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:02:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/12/nepal.journalist.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/12/nepal.journalist.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Nepalese journalist who reported on women's rights and wrote several articles criticizing the dowry system was hacked to death in her room, a media rights group said Monday.Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/04/nepal.boat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/04/nepal.boat/index.html#cnnSTCTextEight people were missing and two confirmed dead after a boat capsized on Nepal's Koshi River, about 450 km (280 miles) southeast of Kathmandu, police said.Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/11/nepal.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/11/nepal.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 22 people, most of them children, died in southern Nepal when their bus overturned on a bridge and fell nearly 100 feet (30 meters), police said.Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:53:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/polyandry.investigation.sidner/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/polyandry.investigation.sidner/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolyandry is a form of polygamy where a woman is married to two or more husbands at the same time.Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/nepal.aircrash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/nepal.aircrash/index.html#cnnSTCTextA team of German forensic experts has arrived in Nepal to identify the badly charred bodies of tourists who were among the dead in a plane crash near Mount Everest.Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/nepal.aircrash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/nepal.aircrash/index.html#cnnSTCTextA small plane carrying tourists from Germany and Australia hit a fence and caught fire in Nepal's Everest region Wednesday morning, killing 18 of 19 people on board, officials said.Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:41:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843256,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843256,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWhile China and India woo Nepal for lucrative contracts, the former monarchy's new leader tries to make a new name for himself -- and his nationMon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/nepal.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/nepal.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Nepalese government has begun checking the legal status of protesting Tibetan exiles -- an apparent change in policy, authorities said Thursday.Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/01/india.floods.relief.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/01/india.floods.relief.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs soon as the navy boats hit the water, hundreds of villagers swarmed around them -- pleading with rescue crews to head to their homes to retrieve the bodies of dead relatives.Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/nepal.bomb.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/nepal.bomb.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn explosion detonated Sunday evening at the home of Nepal's first-ever vice president, who ignited a wave of protests last month after taking the oath of office in the Hindi language.Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/15/nepal.prime.minister/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/15/nepal.prime.minister/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe leader of Nepal's former communist rebels was named as the country's new prime minister Friday.Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/nepal.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/nepal.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice have arrested 1,130 people Friday as they protested in front of the Chinese Embassy in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, a police spokesman said.Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/nepal.president/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/nepal.president/index.html#cnnSTCTextAlmost two months after Nepal was declared a republic, lawmakers Monday voted Ram Baran Yadav, a physician, as its first ever president.Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/nepal.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/nepal.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 15 passengers were killed Friday when a bus hit a pothole on a highway in Nepal and plunged into a river west of Kathmandu, police said.Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/nepal.president/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/nepal.president/index.html#cnnSTCTextLawmakers in Nepal will vote Saturday to pick the country's first president since it became a republic.Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/nepal.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/nepal.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTextA group of 200 officers surrendered at a police camp in western Nepal early Monday after holding seven of their superiors hostage for about 36 hours, authorities said.Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/13/nepal.police.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/13/nepal.police.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTextAbout 200 officers at a police camp in western Nepal have taken eight of their superiors hostage, demanding better treatment and better food in the barracks, Nepalese officials.Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/26/nepal.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/26/nepal.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepal's octogenarian Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala resigned Thursday, ending two months of political deadlock following elections for a constituent assembly in April.Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/nepal.protest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/nepal.protest/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepalese authorities Thursday detained at least 650 Tibetan exiles protesting against China's policies in the province ahead of this weekend's Olympic torch relay in Tibet, security officials in Kathmandu said.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/15/nepal.palace/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/15/nepal.palace/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepal's new government has converted its deposed king's opulent palace into a museum and unfurled the national flag on Sunday as a symbolic move to signify the end of monarchy.Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/11/nepal.king/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/11/nepal.king/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepal's former king said Wednesday he is not going to leave his country even though the monarchy has been abolished.Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/29/us.maoists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/29/us.maoists/index.html#cnnSTCTextState Department officials have met with Maoist rebels in Nepal, marking a dramatic policy shift for the United States which has long called the rebels terrorists.Thu, 29 May 2008 20:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/nepal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/nepal/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepal's newly elected leadership changed the country from a monarchy to a republic just before midnight Wednesday, a historic move that ended about 240 years of autocratic rule in the country.Wed, 28 May 2008 21:39:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809842,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809842,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsNepal's king will have 15 days to leave the palace after his centuries-old throne is abolished, officials said Wednesday, hours before they were expected to declare the country a republicWed, 28 May 2008 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809571,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809571,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPolice fanned out across Nepal's capital Tuesday as a new assembly that is widely expected to abolish the country's 239-year-old monarchy was sworn inTue, 27 May 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/nepal.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/nepal.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice in Nepal arrested more than 500 Tibetan protesters, nearly all of them women, on Sunday before what was to be the first all-female rally against China's actions in Tibet.Mon, 12 May 2008 02:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/nepal.torch.oly/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/nepal.torch.oly/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepal has given its security personnel permission to shoot pro-Tibet demonstrators during China's Olympic flame climb to Mount Everest's summit early next month.Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:34:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1731990,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1731990,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsNepalese police detained more than 500 Tibetan exiles decrying a crackdown in their homeland in a protest near the Chinese Embassy on ThursdayThu, 17 Apr 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1731248,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1731248,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe U.S. still labels the party a terrorist group, but the election is likely to make its leader the ex-monarchy's new PresidentWed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/nepal.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/nepal.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe former communist rebels known as Maoists emerged Sunday as early leaders in Nepal's historic elections for an assembly that could formally abolish a 240-year monarchy.Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:22:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1729985,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1729985,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: Despite pre-polling violence, the Himalayan kingdom takes the first step toward becoming a republicFri, 11 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/10/nepal.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/10/nepal.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepal's elections on Thursday were hailed as a success by international observers, including a former U.S. president, despite violence that left two people dead -- including a candidate gunned down in front of a polling station.Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/09/nepal.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/09/nepal.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolls opened in Nepal Thursday in an election marred by an outburst of bloodshed that has left eight people dead and stoked fears of more violence on voting day.Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/09/nepal.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/09/nepal.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepalese police shot and killed a demonstrator Wednesday as he protested the killing of a political candidate a day earlier, police said.Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/08/nepal.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/08/nepal.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextA candidate in Nepal's upcoming elections was shot and killed little more than a day before voters go to the polls, authorities said Wednesday. Six other leftist activists were killed elsewhere in the country, police said.Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/nepal.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/nepal.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least two people were killed and two wounded when a bomb exploded in a mosque during evening prayers in southeastern Nepal, police said Sunday morning.Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/nepal.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/nepal.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo Communist Party workers and a candidate for a small leftist political party were killed less than a month before a historic vote in Nepal, police said Wednesday.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/nepal.helicopter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/nepal.helicopter/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe death toll from a United Nations helicopter crash in Nepal has reached 12, the government said Tuesday.Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/nepal.helicopter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/nepal.helicopter/index.html#cnnSTCTextA United Nations helicopter caught fire and crashed Monday in a mountainous region in eastern Nepal, killing at least 10 of the 12 people on board, according to Nepal's home ministry.Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/nepal.fire/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/nepal.fire/index.html#cnnSTCTextAbout 12,000 refugees were without homes Sunday after a fire blazed through a camp in southeastern Nepal destroying more than 1,200 huts, officials told CNN.Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/18/nepal.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/18/nepal.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least seven people were killed and 20 injured in southern Nepal on Friday when a bomb exploded inside a passenger bus, police told CNN.Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/nepal.monarchy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/nepal.monarchy/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepal took the first step on the path to becoming a republic Friday after parliament voted to amend the constitution ending the 240-year-old monarchy, the speaker of parliament said.Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/nepal.bridge/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/nepal.bridge/index.html#cnnSTCTextRescuers searched for a third day as 26 people remained missing after the collapse of a bridge spanning the Bheri River in western Nepal, police said. Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/nepal.bridge/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/nepal.bridge/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities in a remote region of Nepal searched downstream up to 20 miles (30 km) for bodies Wednesday, one day after a suspension bridge collapsed, sending hundreds of Hindu festivalgoers into the water below.Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/23/nepal.republic/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/23/nepal.republic/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepal's governing coalition on Sunday moved away from its long-standing monarchy toward a republic, but the change will be implemented only after general elections slated to be held by next spring.Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/18/nepal.maoists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/18/nepal.maoists/index.html#cnnSTCTextNepal's Maoists pulled out of the country's coalition government Tuesday after their demands to abolish the monarchy and declare the nation a republic went unheeded.Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/nepal.blasts/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/nepal.blasts/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least two people were killed and a dozen were wounded when three explosions went off simultaneously in different parts of the Nepalese capital on Sunday.Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/nepal.refugees/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/nepal.refugees/index.htmlFor a second day, refugees from the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan clashed with Nepalese police on Monday near a refugee camp in eastern Nepal, according to the United Nations and local police.Tue, 29 May 2007 03:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/nepal.government/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/nepal.government/index.htmlFormer Maoist rebels will join an interim government under an agreement reached with Nepal's governing coalition after weeks of negotiations, according to a source close to the government.Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/21/nepal.violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/21/nepal.violence/index.htmlHundreds of Maoist rebels clashed with an ethnic political group double their size in southern Nepal on Wednesday, police said.Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/nepal.accord/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/nepal.accord/index.htmlNepal's government and Maoist rebels have signed a peace accord, ending 10 years of fighting and beginning what is hoped to be an era of peaceful politics in the Himalayan kingdom.Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/nepal.bus.plinge/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/nepal.bus.plinge/index.htmlAn overloaded bus driving down a mountain road plunged off a cliff in western Nepal, killing at least 42 people and injuring 43 Saturday morning, police said.Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/25/nepal.kamlari/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/25/nepal.kamlari/index.htmlWe went from store to store in Kathmandu, Nepal, talking with shopkeepers and trying to find one of the country's thousands of "kamlaris" or female-child bonded laborers.Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/24/nepal.helicopter/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/24/nepal.helicopter/index.htmlWeather conditions hindered Sunday the search for a helicopter carrying 24 people that crashed in a remote area of Nepal, authorities said.Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/nepal.helicopter/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/nepal.helicopter/index.htmlA helicopter with 24 people on board -- including Western aid workers and Nepalese diplomats -- reportedly crashed Saturday in a remote Nepalese village.Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/11/nepal.king/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/11/nepal.king/index.htmlNepal's parliament on Saturday took action to further strip King Gyanendra of power, with lawmakers unanimously endorsing a regulation saying the king has no say in passing bills, according to a parliament spokesman.Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/nepal.recall/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/nepal.recall/index.htmlNepal's new government has recalled 12 ambassadors who were appointed by King Gyanendra and revoked all royal appointments to government corporations and state-owned institutions, the Home Minister announced Sunday.Sun, 07 May 2006 23:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/nepal.future/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/nepal.future/index.html"After the tedium of strikes and curfew-fever, come and relax by our infinity pool, feast on fresh organic food and enjoy fantastic walks in the peaceful rural hills."Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/nepal.parliament/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/nepal.parliament/index.htmlAfter three weeks of protests and political turmoil, Nepal now has a new prime minister, and the Himalayan nation's parliament is set to reconvene Friday for the first time in four years.Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/nepal/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/nepal/index.htmlNepal's communist rebels have declared a three-month cease-fire one day before parliament is set to reconvene after weeks of bloody protests.Thu, 27 Apr 2006 04:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/25/nepal.protests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/25/nepal.protests/index.htmlNepal's seven-party opposition alliance called off a massive protest planned for Tuesday, replacing it with a "victory rally" following the king's decision to restore democracy in the Himalayan kingdom.Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/23/nepal.protests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/23/nepal.protests/index.htmlNepalese authorities have announced another daytime curfew in the capital, one day after Maoist rebels attacked government buildings in the eastern part of the country.Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/nepal/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/nepal/index.htmlHeavy rain and a strong police presence doused a protest Saturday by about 200,000 marchers who headed toward the palace in another show of opposition to the absolute rule of Nepal's King Gyanendra, who vowed to return political power "to the people" the day before.Sat, 22 Apr 2006 04:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/19/nepal/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/19/nepal/index.htmlActivists are vowing to go ahead with plans for massive street protests in Kathmandu Thursday, despite an 18-hour government curfew that came into effect at 2 a.m. (8:15 p.m. Wednesday GMT) and a threat to shoot violators.Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/nepal.king/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/nepal.king/index.htmlUnder pressure to step down from power, Nepal's King Gyanendra early Friday vowed for "no delay in dialogue" with the country's political parties.Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/nepal.protests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/nepal.protests/index.htmlPolice in Nepal have arrested 25 journalists and five human rights activists as pro-democracy demonstrations calling for the country's king to step down stretched into a week.Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/nepal.protests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/nepal.protests/index.htmlNepal security police have opened fire on protesters in the Nepalese capital -- injuring dozens -- on the sixth day of demonstrations calling on the country's king to step down from power.Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/21/nepal.arrests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/21/nepal.arrests/index.htmlMore than 200 activists and opposition party members were arrested across Nepal on Saturday as they organized pro-democracy rallies, the parties said.Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/20/nepal.violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/20/nepal.violence/index.htmlMaoist rebels have killed three police officers and abducted 20 others in the town of Diktel in eastern Nepal, police said.Mon, 20 Jun 2005 06:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/06/nepal.mine/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/06/nepal.mine/index.htmlAt least 36 people have been killed and dozens more wounded when a crowded bus detonated a land mine planted by suspected communist rebels in Nepal's south, an army official said.Mon, 06 Jun 2005 09:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/05/23/snowleopard/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/05/23/snowleopard/index.htmlFor the first time in more than 40 years, scientists have spotted the elegant and endangered snow leopard on the southern slopes of Mount Everest.Mon, 23 May 2005 16:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/nepal.violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/nepal.violence/index.htmlA fierce battle between government forces and Maoist rebels in eastern Nepal has left at least 59 people dead.Wed, 18 May 2005 05:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/nepal.killings/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/nepal.killings/index.htmlThirty-seven Maoist rebels have been killed as security forces repelled a series of major attacks in Nepal's southern district, a Royal Nepal Army official said Tuesday.Tue, 10 May 2005 15:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/nepal.killings/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/nepal.killings/index.htmlSuspected Maoist rebels have shot dead a prominent Hindu priest in southwestern Nepal, police said, in what is believed to be the first killing of a religious leader in the nearly decade-long insurgency.Fri, 06 May 2005 11:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/nepal.arrests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/nepal.arrests/index.htmlMore than a hundred political party workers were arrested in Nepal on Monday for staging anti-king protests, said Nepali Congress, one of the five parties opposing King Gyanendra's takeover of absolute power on February 1.Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/nepal.editor/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/nepal.editor/index.htmlNepal's police have summoned the editor of the country's largest circulating newspaper Kantipur to appear at a local police post in the capital Kathmandu Thursday morning.Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/nepal.rebels/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/nepal.rebels/index.htmlFormer Nepal prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was freed Friday, 40 days after King Gyanendra assumed power, dismissing Deuba's government and placing a number of political party leaders in house arrest.Tue, 01 Mar 2005 07:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/nepal.protest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/nepal.protest/index.htmlNepal remains gripped by political tension, with rebels helping to break more than a hundred prisoners out of jail, and police quashing a protest in the capital Kathmandu.Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/01/nepal.govt.reaction/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/01/nepal.govt.reaction/index.htmlLeaders from around the world have condemned the decision by Nepal's King Gyanendra to dismiss the government and declare a state of emergency.Wed, 02 Feb 2005 03:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/01/nepal.govt/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/01/nepal.govt/index.htmlKing Gyanendra says he has dissolved the government of Nepal and has declared a state of emergency as he takes control of the Himalayan kingdom.Tue, 01 Feb 2005 05:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/nepal.violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/nepal.violence/index.htmlMaoist rebels in the Himalayan nation of Nepal killed 23 security personnel in their deadliest attack in recent days, officials have said.Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/05/nepal.maoists/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/05/nepal.maoists/index.htmlMore than 500 Maoists attacked an army outpost in western Nepal, sparking a fierce clash that left at least 30 rebels dead and 150 others injured, a Royal Nepal Army official said.Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/16/nepal.clashes/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/16/nepal.clashes/index.htmlSixteen Maoist rebels were killed in clashes with Nepalese security forces Thursday in the western district of Dailekh, Royal Nepal Army spokesman Deepak Gurung has told CNN.Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/15/nepal.clashes/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/15/nepal.clashes/index.htmlTwenty security men were killed Wednesday when Maoist rebels ambushed an army patrol in Nepal's western district of Arghakhanchi, according to a Royal Nepal Army spokesman.Thu, 16 Dec 2004 00:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/nepal.violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/nepal.violence/index.htmlAt least 36 Maoist rebels and ten Nepalese security personnel were killed in clashes which began late Saturday night and continued until Sunday morning at Pandon village in Kailali district, an army official said Sunday.Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/nepal.violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/nepal.violence/index.htmlAt least 30 Maoist rebels and 11 security personnel were killed in two separate clashes Tuesday in Nepal, the Royal Nepal Army sources said.Wed, 17 Nov 2004 00:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/30/nepal.violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/30/nepal.violence/index.htmlIn the first major encounter since the end of a temporary cease-fire, 10 Maoist rebels were killed in separate clashes with the government forces in Nepal in the last two days, Nepal army sources said Saturday.Sat, 30 Oct 2004 08:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/nepal.killings.curfew/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/nepal.killings.curfew/index.htmlNepal has extended a curfew in its capital as the Himalayan kingdom marked a day of mourning for 12 Nepalese hostages killed in Iraq.Thu, 02 Sep 2004 09:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/01/nepal.killings.reaction/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/01/nepal.killings.reaction/index.htmlNepal's government has issued a curfew in Kathmandu after violence broke out in retaliation for the killing of 12 Nepalese hostages in Iraq.Wed, 01 Sep 2004 06:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/nepal.attacks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/nepal.attacks/index.htmlMaoists rebels have lifted a blockade that cut Nepal's capital Kathmandu off from the rest of the country for a week.Wed, 25 Aug 2004 02:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/nepal.bomb/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/nepal.bomb/index.htmlTwo bombs have exploded in Nepal's capital Kathmandu as an unprecedented rebel blockade of the city enters its third day.Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:52:00 EDT