Nepal

Nepal votes
A group of African leaders are meeting to try to sort out the mess in Zimbabwe, the Egyptian government carries on as as usual after the election boycotted by the Muslim Brotherhood, and in the high country of Nepal it looks as if the Maoists may have had a setback, but it's too early to say. And then on Sunday the Italians go to the polls. Colin Chapman reports on the shortage of real winners. [more]
Maoist cadres voting in Nepalese parliamentary elections
Nepal held long-delayed parliamentary elections April 10, but the fractious new republic will face several sources of continuing instability. [more]
Nepal - Madhesis
January 18, 2008 2103 GMT
At least seven people were killed and 22 injured in a bomb attack on a civilian passenger bus in southern Nepal on Jan. 18. [more]
May 1, 2007 2121 GMT
The U.S. State Department released the details of its annual report on the state of terrorism in... [more]
March 13, 2007 2235 GMT
Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has asked Nepal's King Gyanendra to relinquish his... [more]
November 5, 2006 2200 GMT
The Nepalese government and the country's Maoist rebels are near a deal that would allow the... [more]
August 8, 2006 0050 GMT
Nepal's Maoists warned Aug. 7 that peace talks with the seven-party alliance are in danger of... [more]
April 27, 2006 0321 GMT
Nepal is breathing a sigh of relief as Maoist rebels have temporarily lifted a blockade of... [more]
April 21, 2006 2149 GMT
Nepal's monarch on April 21 announced a move to rescind the palace's direct control over the... [more]
April 18, 2006 1125 GMT
Nepal is quickly earning a reputation as least desirable vacation spot, with violent protests... [more]
March 20, 2006 1819 GMT
Maoist rebels killed at least 13 Nepalese soldiers during a two-hour fight in Kavre district some... [more]
January 20, 2006 0147 GMT
The government of Nepalese King Gyanendra cracked down Jan. 19 on Nepal's political parties,... [more]
January 18, 2006 0444 GMT
The seven main Nepalese political parties agreed Jan. 17 to continue with their anti-King... [more]
January 12, 2006 0559 GMT
By Fred Burton A recent attack at a scientists' convention in Bangalore... [more]
November 18, 2005 0513 GMT
On its journey to becoming a global powerhouse, India cannot seem to get beyond its own backyard.... [more]
June 24, 2005 2200 GMT
Approximately 400 Nepalese and Indian militants jointly attacked three government offices in the... [more]
June 6, 2005 1750 GMT
A bus in Nepal's Chitwan district struck a landmine believed to have been planted by Maoist... [more]
May 18, 2005 1713 GMT
Guerrillas in Nepal bombed a television tower in the western Palpa district, 185 miles west of... [more]
April 18, 2005 0145 GMT
Marxist militants in southern Nepal executed 10 adult and adolescent males April 15 in the... [more]
April 4, 2005 2056 GMT
Maoist guerrillas detonated a bomb late April 3 that killed one university student in Pokhara,... [more]