Word: maoists
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...most cosmopolitan city. Sadly, Bombay is no stranger to terrorism. In 1993 it was ravaged by a series of bomb blasts attributed to criminal gangs, which killed over 250 people. Along with other smaller blasts over the last few years, India has tackled terrorism in Kashmir, Maoist insurgencies and frequent acts of terrorism across the country, as well as sporadic acts of terror from separatist groups in Assam and southern India. The blasts of 7/11, however, represent a new breed of terror for India. The blasts were synchronized and used a high-quality explosive. This was the work...
...AGREED. Nepal's Maoist rebels, to join an interim government, following a historic meeting between guerrilla leader Prachanda and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala; in Kathmandu. The deal, which stipulates that a new constitution be written within a month, could lead to the end of the country's 10-year civil war, which has killed 13,000. Widespread demonstrations in the capital forced Nepal's King Gyanendra to relinquish absolute control of the government in April, boosting hopes of a return to democracy and settlement of the conflict...
...From Ike to Mao and Beyond.” As you may have deduced from the title, the book traces Avakian’s transformation from an unenlightened bourgeois child—a product of those stiflingly conformist ’50s—to a revolutionary Maoist...
Seen from a distance, today's Nepal is an otherworldly place. Its hills are overrun with young and frightening Maoist guerrillas. Until a few weeks ago, its cities were brimming with baton-swinging riot police in blue fatigues and protesting students with torches in their hands. Average people doing average things seem about as common as yetis?except in the work of Nepali author Samrat Upadhyay. The Royal Ghosts, his new collection of short stories, is full of characters who care for sick parents, fall in love with the wrong people, cheat on their spouses or get drunk...
...first session ended with an ambitious proposal: to forge a lasting peace with the Maoist rebels who have been fighting a decade-long insurgency against the government, and to establish a new constituent assembly tasked with rewriting the constitution, which could eventually allow the people to decide the fate of the unpopular King. Many observers worry that the Maoists, who announced a three-month ceasefire last week, will never settle for anything less than a pure republic. But with the rebels operating across large parts of Nepal, the new government may have no choice but to cooperate. "The fact that...