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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ISSUE #299
26 MAY 2006
Headline
Remote control

Nation
Humla’s road to progress
Restoration of democracy revives hopes for development in Nepal's remotest region
KUNDA DIXIT in HUMLA

Food for the Karnali
Besides the drought, serious long-term neglect keeps people hungry

Blood, sweat and tears
Nepali workers in Qatar toil to keep their families and country afloat
DAMBAR K SHRESTHA in DOHA

Nepali Society
Still speaking for women

Review
Against all odds

Sports
Mountain marathon man
The headwind from Lhasa to Kathmandu nearly blew away a Swiss runner
MARTY LOGAN

Update
First round of peace talks ends
27 May | 12.30 AM NST

SC declines release
28 May | 10.30 PM NST

"Talks will be succesful"
26 May | 6PM NST

Citizenship proposal ratified
30 May | 8.50 PM NST

BRB to lead republican front
29 May | 9.45 PM NST

Committee to monitor truce
30 May | 9.10 PM NST

Interview
"We salute the Nepali people..."
Lucie Edwards, Canadian Ambassador to Nepal

 
EDITORIAL

COLUMNS
Economic Sense
by ARTHA BEED
Moral police needed

State Of The State
by CK LAL
A republican monarchy

Comment
by KANAK MANI DIXIT
Imagining a New Nepal

Nepalipan
by LUCIA DE VRIES
Mukesh’s Movement

Southasia Beat
by KANAK MANI DIXIT
Lights are the border

Here And There
by DANIEL LAK
Lest we forget

Under My Hat
by KUNDA DIXIT
From the fire into the frying pan

Herojig
by

LETTERS
• Whose democracy?
• Time to talk
• Defanging
• Justice

FROM THE NEPALI PRESS
• Talks soon
• Babysitting
• Maoists push IDPs
• Secular strife
• Industry shut
• Be patient

BIZ NEWS
• Great guide
• New Products

HAPPENINGS

 
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