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Nepal's 12-year-old democracy is on the ropes. A string of corrupt governments has failed to tackle the country's poverty, illiteracy and unemployment. A brutal Maoist rebellion has claimed 5,000 lives, including 3,000 since last November. And on Friday the elected government got a stark vote of no confidence: the country's constitutional monarch King Gyanendra?who took the throne 16 months ago after the Crown Prince massacred most of the royal family?went on national TV to say he was firing 'incompetent' Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, postponing next month's parliamentary elections...
...confidence in the cabinet. The resignation was seen as a severe blow to Arafat, who must now submit to the council names for a new cabinet by Sept. 26. Council member Mohammed Hurrani, though part of Arafat's Fatah movement, called the resignation "a great victory." NEPAL Maoist Mayhem Nepal's guerrilla war intensified as Maoist rebels killed 58 policemen and soldiers in the town of Sandikharka, 295 km west of the capital Katmandu. More than 4,000 rebels overran the remote town, where 200 soldiers were garrisoned. Less than 24 hours earlier Maoists killed 49 policemen in Bhiman...
...weeks after June 1, 2001, Nepal reeled in disbelief. The gruesome massacre of King Birendra, Queen Aiswarya and eight other members of the royal family traumatized the nation and left it struggling for an explanation. Was it the work of Maoist rebels? An attempted coup, perhaps? The truth would be harder for Nepal to accept?a privileged, trusted son had murdered his own family. Jonathan Gregson, a Calcutta-born journalist now based in London, was in Kathmandu in the weeks after the attack, running with a pack of foreign reporters who fought to tell the story...
...unless aid arrives soon and four million tons of food will be needed over the next year. NEPAL Lethal Fighting A week after Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was forced to call early elections, King Gyanendra imposed another three months' state of emergency and the army fought battles with Maoist insurgents. More than 160 rebels were killed when they attacked an army base in the Rukum district west of Katmandu. Further clashes with the rebels, who have been fighting since 1996 to overthrow the constitutional monarchy, left 10 more dead. THE PHILIPPINES Bounty Bid More than a year after...
...originality. Unfortunately, if you're familiar with the basic elements of Chinese Chick Lit, you already know these characters and have seen these plot twists before. On the rare occasion where Min tries to be innovative?such as a sex scene where the characters make love while reciting Maoist quotations?it just comes off seeming weird. If you like clichEd Chinese heroines and a hackneyed love story, all set against the now-too-familiar backdrop of the Cultural Revolution, this is a book for you. For me, I think I'll be reading Helen Fielding while getting my hair dyed...