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...group that zealously subscribes to the communist doctrine of Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong, Nepal's rebels last week showed an unsettling knack for finding the pressure points of a capitalist society. Following a firebomb attack on Kathmandu's luxury Soaltee Crowne Plaza hotel, the Maoists demanded the closure of a dozen multinational companies and declared a blockade of the main roads leading into the capital?upon which its 1.5 million residents depend for everything from fuel to food. Vegetable prices rose, tourists canceled their visits and officials warned that fuel supplies could run dry by next week. The companies that...
...Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba tells TIME that "we are determined to give full protection to the industries and citizens" of Nepal, but the rebels' intimidation continues: last Friday, explosions rocked a Kathmandu government office and a guard post. Nepalese security analyst Indrajit Rai says cutting off Kathmandu could signal a possible endgame. "[The Maoists] are beginning to tighten their grip," he says. "Penetration [of Kathmandu] could follow the blockade, including sabotage attacks in Kathmandu. That's always been the plan." A full-scale siege is unlikely?the Maoists remain an outnumbered guerrilla force?but their war of harassment...
Whether you're looking at them from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan or China, the Himalayas are always an uplifting sight: the world's highest mountain range has all 50 of the planet's tallest peaks, and most...
...India that pioneered the use of sanctuaries to save big cats. In 1973, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi became the toast of the conservation community when she launched Project Tiger, setting aside nine wilderness areas for tigers. Now India, with its neighbor Nepal, is leading the way in the next big phase in cat conservation: building links to turn isolated preserves into one continuous habitat. Scientists call this approach landscape conservation, and many believe it's the best hope for saving the world's tiger population, which, despite decades of effort, remains in peril: only 5,000 to 7,000 animals...
Some 200 of these massive cats live in the grasslands and forests along the India-Nepal border at the foot of the Himalayas. The area used to be sparsely populated, but after malaria was eradicated in the 1950s, farmers and loggers moved in. Today it is South Asia's Rice Bowl: there are 3.6 million people, vast paddies and 3.3 million head of livestock in the 19,000-sq.-mi. area. As land was cleared, tiger turf disappeared. Because the animals won't cross what they consider hostile terrain, they became separated into three isolated populations...