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...NEPAL Red Alert King Gyanendra declared a state of emergency and ordered troops into battle after Maoist guerrillas broke a four-month truce with a series of deadly attacks. The country had previously relied on its under-equipped police force to contain the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), which has been fighting to topple the monarchy since 1996. At least 220 people died in the week?s fighting, which included the rebels? first-ever strike on an army post...
Brown, who took the spring term of his junior year off to live in a refugee camp in Nepal, will work towards a masters in migration and development studies at Oxford...
...selling novel The Corrections, about the dysfunctional Lambert family in middle America; in New York City. Franzen came into the spotlight when he was disinvited to Oprah Winfrey's dinner after questioning the literary merit of her book-club endorsement. DIED. PRINCESS PREKSHYA RAJYA LAXMI DEVI SHAH, 49, of Nepal's royal family and younger sister of Queen Komal, in a helicopter crash at Rara Lake that killed four; in western Nepal. Princess Prekshya, separated from Prince Dhirendra (who was killed in the June royal family massacre), was cremated on the banks of the sacred Bagmati River with full state...
...Japanese would spread their yen on closer -- and ostensibly safer -- destinations in Asia. But following the attacks, tens of thousands canceled trips to South Korea, where 48% of guests come from Japan. Traffic to Seoul is now recovering, but not to more distant, less stable countries like Cambodia and Nepal. A Thai research company says the terrorist attacks will cost Thailand $224 million this year. Australian hotels are estimating a loss of $101.5 million...
...wraparound cloths (kira) for women?can give a feeling of a living pantomime. But with so few tourists to see it, this is not a show put on for outsiders. And a quick look at the alternative, Kathmandu's overrun backpacker center Thamel in neighboring Nepal, only proves that the King has a point. The 21st century is catching up with Bhutan. But if you can forgive a few pairs of sneakers and sunglasses, you'll find this is still very much a land out of time...