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March
21
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Success: Royal Nepal Army (RNA) claims success in operation against
Maoist rebels. According to RNA sources, the Army has successfully flushed
Maoist rebels from hideouts in the remote mountains of western Nepal.
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Verbal salvos: Government sources reiterated the claim saying Baburam
Bhattarai, politburo member of CPN (M), and his wife were expelled from
the party due to differences of opinion in the leadership. A Maoist statement
was refuting the rumours about the expulsion of Bhattarai from the party
last week.
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Maoist heartland: Fear rules in the Maoist rural stronghold of Rolpa
district, a report said. "Maybe only 30 or 40 percent of people support
the Maoists," an observer said. |
March
22
2005
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Murder: Maoists killed Radio Nepal journalist Dhan Bahadur Roka Maga
after six months in captivity. The journalist was abducted by the Maoist
rebels in July 2004 from Pyuthan district.
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Interactions: The Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) organised
interaction programs to pressure government to allow greater press freedoms
across the country. |
March
25
2005
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Rolpa road: Maoist workers have built a 90 km long dirt road , a so
called "Martyrs' road" winding through the Maoist heartland of Rolpa. The
Maoist authorities in Rolpa district have asked every family to contribute
one person's labour for 10 days. It is the first time that the Maoists
have finished such a infrastructure project in one of the Maoist
controlled areas.
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Human rights: Army sources confirmed that the Royal Nepales Army has
took action against human rights violaters in their own ranks. The RNA
has investigated into 40 cases of human rights abuse.
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Secret meeting: According to the RNA spokesman Brig. Gen. Dipak Gurung,
Maoist cadres have met in Delhi (India) to discuss a circular who confirmed
the demotion of the deputy leader of CPN (M), Baburam Bhattarai.
Baburam Bhattarai was in charge of the central division, ranking next to
the CPN (Maoist) supreme commander Prachanda. The Maoist spokesman denied
recently reports saying Bhattarai and his wife were expelled from the party
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Military aid: The RNA is not worried by the blockade of military aid
as we have sufficient weapons in stock and the infrastructure to produce
small arms and bullets by ourselves, an Army statement said.
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Facts & figures: 886 Maoists had been killed and 168 injured in
the past six months. Another 244 had surrendered while 501 were nabbed
during the period. Similarly, the security forces defused 190 improvised
explosive devices and seized a large number of arms and ammunition from
the terrorists, the Army spokesman said.
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Clashes: Clashes between Maoist rebels and security forces were reported
from Gulmi, Kaski and Kapilbastu districts.
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Campaign?: Maoist cadres favoring Baburam Bhattarai have begun wall
paintings with slogans like 'down with Prachanda Path', 'declare cease-fire'
and 'hold peace talks', among others, in various places of Dolakha and
Baglung districts, the RNA informed. |
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March
27
2005 |
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Reality: "The picture we get in Kathmandu is a rosy one that does not
correspond with the reality of escalating conflict and increased insecurity.
The situation here is very difficult to analyse as we lack proper information",
a Swiss development expert said.
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Opinion: "Maoists are stronger than before", a leader of Nepal's government-appointed
human rights commission said in New York. |
March
29
2005
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Attack: Maoist
rebels killed three army personnel, who were not carrying any weapons,
after kidnapping them while they were on their way home on leave in Ramchhap
district.
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Crisis: Experts
chose Nepal as the world's ninth-worst neglected crisis.
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Press freedom: Hundreds
of journalists in Nepal have held demonstrations across the country demanding
the restoration of press freedom.
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Indian border: India
is to almost double the number of troops guarding its border with Nepal
and Bhutan.
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Maoist arrested: Indian
Police arrested three suspected Maoists in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Maoist arrested: The
Army has launched security operations in Achham , Bara, Morang districts. |
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