Word: nepal
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...King Gyanendra of Nepal hold onto power? As a civil war with Maoist rebels rages in the Himalayan hills, in the capital of Kathmandu the outcry against Gyanendra's rule is intensifying. Thousands have taken to the streets in the past three weeks, burning cars, smashing shops and skirmishing with police. Demonstrators accuse Gyanendra of trying to return to the days when Nepal's kings were considered gods. They demand that he restore the elected government that he scrapped in October 2002 and replaced with his own royalist administration...
Though the economy has stalled and high-end tourists have stayed away during the eight years that Nepal has been racked by a Maoist insurgency, the impoverished Himalayan kingdom could always count on two sources of foreign revenue: aid groups and backpackers. Now they are under threat, too. Earlier this month, Maoist guerrillas fighting to overthrow the monarchy and the country's feudal system called for a protracted national transport blockade to starve the capital, Kathmandu, and so to "pressure" the government to call a cease-fire, according to a statement from Maoist spokesman Jhhakku Prasad Subedi...
...intent. Roads were jammed across the country, the capital ran short of diesel and gas, and the price of vegetables?most of which were left to rot in fields?soared to 30 times the normal level. Some 300 tourists nationwide were left stranded with little option but to leave Nepal on foot. They included 200 Indians, who trudged south over the border to safety. Elsewhere, Maoists stoned the vehicle of a French couple attempting to return to Kathmandu from western Nepal, and the Nepalese army had to escort nine British travelers driving back from Chitwan game park. While embassies hurriedly...
...ever, Nepal's 26.5 million people are caught in the middle. "The Maoists have threatened to severely punish us if we defy the embargo," says Chitwan farmer Ashman Tamang. "But we'll starve if this continues...
...Tongba is slowly gaining in popularity outside eastern Nepal. It's now available in Putali Sadak district in Kathmandu. You can also find it in Nepalese restaurants around Hong Kong's notorious Temple Street. Other tongba devotees as far away as Sydney solicit brewing tips via the Internet...