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Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Almost 3,000 child soldiers who served in the Maoist rebel army during Nepal’s civil war will be released from camps and rehabilitated under a United Nations plan signed in Kathmandu yesterday.
Kathmandu - Nepal's former Maoist rebels on Wednesday agreed to release nearly 3,000 former child soldiers who have been living in United Nations camps for the past three years. The release of minors is a key component of the peace accord signed betw...
Kathmandu, Dec 16 (PTI) In a move that may raise concerns in India, China today said it will train the Nepalese Army and pledged Rs 220 million as military assistance for procuring "non lethal" hardware and logistics.
Nepal agreed Wednesday to begin the release this month of nearly 3,000 child soldiers who fought with Maoist rebels in the country's civil war and have spent the past three years in UN-monitored camps.
Ryan Van Duzer and Skip Armstrong stand at 17,769 feet atop Thorung La pass on the Annapurna circuit in Nepal.
Kathmandu - At least 11 people were killed and several injured after a bus plunged off a mountain road in western Nepal, police said Monday. The accident happened early Monday at the village of Sarankot near the tourist town of Pokhara, about 200 kil...
(RTTNews) - Wednesday, China said it will train the Nepalese Army and pledged military assistance worth 20.8 million Yuan to the Himalayan nation for procuring "non-lethal" hardware and logistics.
The Nepali government and the former Maoist rebels agreed on Wednesday to start freeing thousands of child soldiers living in Maoist camps within weeks, the U.N. said, three years after a peace deal ended a civil war.
Bhola Prasad Bhattarai traveled from his native Nepal to Denmark to see how the "big people see the little people."
Actress Joanna Lumley launched an appeal Thursday to raise 10 million pounds for elderly Gurkha soldiers living in poverty in Nepal, in a campaign supported by Prince Charles.
Thirty years ago, Nepalese farmer Badri Prasad Jangam realised that the once thickly-wooded hillside that overlooks his home had been transformed into a barren slope.
Although they are at the forefront of global climate change, the majority of Nepal’s residents have little awareness about global warming and its potential long-term effect on their food and water supply. Even higher percentages believe it is difficult for them to “do much” about the environment.
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Nepal’s Maoists declared four autonomous states in the Himalayan nation and planned more general strikes as a political dispute delaying the writing of a new constitution intensified.
An army major accused of torturing a 15-year-old girl to death in 2004 during Nepal's Maoist civil war has been arrested, officials said Sunday.
The Nepali government must ensure that Major Niranjan Basnet is arrested immediately and transferred to a civilian court for trial for torturing Maina Sunuwar to death.
Nepal: Child Soldiers Ian Kelly Department Spokesman Washington, DC Question Taken At The December 11, 2009 Daily Press Briefing December 14, 2009 Question: What is U.S. response to Nepal’s reported recruitment of minors in the army? Reports say 3,000 under aged children have been recruited already and that the UN Secretary-General could possibly send a representative to Nepal to look into this ...
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