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...process has yet to begin, a stall that some have attributed to the opposition of the army chief and the Nepali Congress. "The fact is that the Maoists took things to the edge, and now face-saving within the party will be difficult," says journalist and Nepali Times publisher Kunda Dixit. "The problem is now not between the army and the Maoists but within the Maoists themselves...
...Nepal and participate in electoral politics, heading up a party of "young professionals and bankers." But it seems unlikely the deeply unpopular 37-year-old - an embodiment, for many, of royal excess - would gain much from such a venture. "That's what everyone in Nepal is laughing about," says Kunda Dixit, editor of the Nepali Times, a Kathmandu-based weekly. "It's remarkable how quickly people here have otherwise forgotten the monarchy," he says...
...sense of dread that haunted Nepal's trek to the polls is fading fast. "The mood is almost euphoric," says Kunda Dixit, editor of the English-language Nepali Times and a prominent democracy advocate. More than half of the registered electorate in Kathmandu voted in just the first few hours of polling. Despite a scattering of incidents-one candidate was gunned down, an eight others were killed in factional fighting-only 33 of 20,882 voting stations nationwide reported that polling was disrupted...
...Prachanda, have found shelter across the border in the northern jungles of Bihar State. The emboldened rebels are also striking isolated army posts to seize automatic weapons. The arms used with such devastation at Mangalsen?5-cm mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and Indian self-loading rifles, according to Kunda Dixit, editor of the Nepali Times?were the first demonstration of their newly acquired armory. "The Maoists, for the first time, had better weapons," said Dixit. "The police were still using their old .303s...
...rhythmically inclined...Toure Kunda and his 18-member Senegalese dance troupe perform a series of African dance combinations at Nightstage, 823 Main Street in Cambridge on Monday. Performances are at 7:30 and 10 p.m, and tickets run $12 each. Call 497-8200 for more information. film...