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  Nepal - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Nepal is of roughly rectangular shape, 650 km wide and 200 km broad, with an area of 147,181 km².
Nepal's legislature is bicameral constituting of a House of Representatives and a National Council.
Nepal has a rich tradition of ceremonies, such as nwaran (the christening of a child), and the Pasni, the day a child is first fed rice, and bratabandha (the penance ceremony) and gupha for prepubescent boys and girls, respectively.
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 Nepal
Factionalism among the royal family and rival political parties led to a period of instability after the war.
Nepal is of roughly rectangular shape, 850 km wide and 200 km broad, with an area of 147,181 km².
Although Nepal shares no boundary with Bangladesh, the two countries are separated by a narrow strip of land about 24 km wide, known as the Chicken's Neck.
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 List of political parties in Nepal Summary
Educated abroad, Birendra held views on political objectives and on the process of governing that were very different from those of his father, but Mahendra's bureaucratic elite system was so firmly in place that Birendra faced major obstacles in his efforts to introduce some basic reforms.
Their relations with the other parties are hostile and even the UML is denounced as "too conservative." In 1996 the Maoists launched a violent insurrection against the government and the parties.
However, in 2005 the king of Nepal "put aside" the constitution and assumed all significant government powers, ostensibly in response to a threat by Maoist insurgents.
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 World Almanac for Kids
Nepal’s principal rivers flow generally N to S and empty into the Ganges R. The three major streams crossing the country are the Karnali, Kosi, and Narayani rivers.
Nepal’s population was 18,491,097, according to a 1991 census; in 1994 the population was estimated at 19,525,000.
Nepal rendered valuable assistance to the British during the Sepoy Mutiny (1857–59) and during World War I. The British government reaffirmed the independence of Nepal by the terms of a treaty concluded in 1923.
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 Nepal Information Center - map of nepal
The Licchavi dynasty went into bronze nepal tara decline in the late eighth century and was followed by a Newari era, from 879, although the extent of their control over the entire country is uncertain.
Nepal has royal nepal airlines a total population of 27,676,547 as of July 2005, with a growth rate of 2.2%.
A majority of the population live in the central highlands despite kathmandu nepal the migration of a significant section of the population to the fertile Terrai belt in recent years.
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 Political Affairs Magazine - The Royal Coup D’etat In Nepal
The cascading effects of the political crisis, in particular of the violence-driven acts of the Maoists, have affected Bangladesh and equally, the border region of Jharkhand, Bengal, and Bihar.
Nepal is one of the poorest countries of Southeast Asia.  The pangs of hunger drive more than 30 per cent of the population of that country to seek livelihood elsewhere.  The cruel exploitation by the Nepal monarchy over the years has made the life of the people there unbearable.
The imperative task of the people of Nepal and of the political parties of that country is to accelerate the struggle for the re-establishment of democracy in that country.
www.politicalaffairs.net /article/articleview/670/1/77   (1106 words)

  
 Nepal Resource Center - kathmandu nepal news
The distribution of wealth among the people is consistent with that in nepal arts many developed and developing countries: the highest 10% of households receive nearly 30% of the national income, and the lowest 10% a little more than a tenth of that.
Buddhists are mostly concentrated in the lukla nepal eastern regions and the central nepal tibet rugs Terrai.
Polygamy is banned rolien nepal by law; relatively isolated tribes in the north, such as the Dolpo, practise polyandry.
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 List of political parties in Nepal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Since 1999, there have been no elections, and activities of political parties are currently repressed by the state forces.
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (Nepal Kamyunist Parti (Ekikrit Marksvadi ra Leninvadi))
List of political parties registered ahead of the 2006 Nepalese municipal election
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 WALSH PROMOTES DEMOCRACY IN NEPAL
The Government of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal just signed a comprehensive peace agreement on November 21, bringing an end to the 11-year people's war which has claimed over 13,000 lives.
The will of the people of Nepal is what made the agreements of recent weeks between the government and the Maoists possible, and I am hopeful that those agreements will move Nepal further along the path to lasting peace and democracy.
The parties of Nepal have requested U.N. assistance in monitoring adherence to the peace agreements, particularly the restriction of arms and armies.
www.house.gov /apps/list/press/ny25_walsh/pr_061212.html   (655 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Nepal: on the road to disaster
Nepal's king, claiming he was responding to the growing insurgency and the corruption of the democratic parties, seized absolute power this year in a coup, stamping out dissent with an army that has one of the worst human-rights records in the world.
Nepal has 27 million people who are living in a volatile, fragile habitat where they can be lynched by vigilantes, abducted by the Maoists, made to "disappear" by government security forces and tortured or killed by any of the three.
The democratic parties are numerous, but most of the power resides with the Nepali Congress Party and the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist).
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 Nepal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
Lord Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal circa 563 BC and the Emperor A&347;oka ruled over a vast empire including North India and southern Terai region of present day Nepal (though the hilly and mountainous regions were not a part of A&347;oka's Empire) in the 1st century BC.
Nepal has considerable scope for accelerating economic growth by exploiting its potential in hydropower and tourism, areas of recent foreign investment interest.
The major Languages of Nepal (percent spoken as Mother tongue) are Nepali (49%), Maithili (12%), Bhojpuri (8%), Tharu (6%), Tamang (5%), Newari/Nepal Bhasa (4%), Magar (3%), Awadhi (2%), Bantawa (2%), Limbu (1%), and Bajjika (1%).
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 Nepal: parliamentary parties and Maoists sign agreement against king
Nepals parliament was established after the 1990 peoples movement attacked the old political system in Nepal in which no political parties were permitted.
Different factions of the Nepal ruling class were represented in parliament through various political parties, including some phony communist parties (revisionists) that at different times occupied important government functions, and the Nepal Congress Party, which has a long history of subservience to the ruling class of neighboring India.
Despite the fact that the parliamentary parties were united against the revolution, the divisions in parliament and the few remaining rights that existed in Nepal were obstacles for the reactionary classes to organize their strength for a final fight to the death with the Maoists.
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 Nepal
Lord Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal circa 563 BC and the Emperor Aśoka ruled over a vast empire including North India and southern Terai region of present day Nepal (though the hilly and mountainous regions were not a part of Aśoka's Empire) in the 1st century BC.
Nepal has five climatic zones based on altitude that range from subtropical in the south, to cool summers and severe winters in the north.
The major languages of Nepal (percent spoken as mother tongue) are Nepali (49%), Maithili (12%), Bhojpuri (8%), Tharu (6%), Tamang (5%), Newari/Nepal Bhasa (4%), Magar (3%), Awadhi (2%), Bantawa (2%), Limbu (1%), and Bajjika (1%).
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 Press Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal
Political leaders have pledged themselves to stay unified and to stay together to do what it was that the people wanted them to do.
But at this point the decision is in the hands of the people of Nepal and their political leaders, and how that works out is no longer dependent on statements from the outside, but rather decisions made inside Nepal by the people themselves.
But it’s important that everyone adopt this course of political reconciliation and political decision making and that those involved would not be able to go back and change their minds at some point depending on how they fare.
www.state.gov /p/sca/rls/rm/2006/65751.htm   (3230 words)

  
 NEPAL: Political Parties are losing out: Update 33.
The five agitating political parties continued with the fifth round of protest programme that included torch rallies, effigy burnings, nation wide wall painting and also a demand on the King to disclose his royal assets.
Madhav Nepal of UML who in the past was insisting on an all party government has veered round to the view of revival of the house and he would also face the same dilemma.
The political paper he presented to the party on July 2 ruling out a new constitution was opposed by almost half the members of his party.
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 Nepal . Enpsychlopedia
Nepal is of roughly rectangular shape, 650 kilometres (400 mi) wide and 200 kilometres (125 mi) broad, with an area of 147,181 square kilometres (56,827 sq mi).
Nepal's GDP for the year 2005 is estimated at just over US$39 billion (adjusted to Purchasing Power Parity), making it the 83rd-largest economy in the world.
Nepal is divided into 14 zones and 75 districts grouped into five development regions.
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 The Maoist Insurgency in Nepal: Challenges for Building Peace and Democracy
Nepal, still a nascent democracy, has suffered a number of severe knocks over the past 13 years since a national constitution was established in 1990.
Today, one of the principal obstacles to democracy and stability in Nepal is the Maoist insurgency which began as a small, seemingly ineffectual protest in 1996, yet today controls much of the countryside and has managed to destroy 40 percent of the village development centers throughout the country.
Dixit underlined that while the political parties have made mistakes and have been marred by corruption, the parties and the parliamentary system must be given power for the sake of the political stability of the country.
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 List of political parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
This is a list of political parties around the world.
A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections.
Included are the countries and entities listed in the list of countries.
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 Amnesty International Report 2002 - Asia and the Pacific - NEPAL
In the early part of the year, there was major political instability, including a stand-off between the Nepal Congress (NC) government and the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist) (CPN-UML), the main parliamentary opposition, over allegations of corruption and the government's handling of the CPN-Maoist ''people's war''.
In March, the government published a list of 282 people held in custody for their alleged involvement in ''terrorist activities'' and 12 others said to have been held in solitary confinement.
Several members of mainstream political parties, particularly of the NC and the CPN-UML, were killed by the CPN-Maoist.
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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Nepal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
Nepal\'s King Gyanendra has announced the revival of the kingdom\'s dissolved parliament, a key demand of the seven-party alliance that has been spearheading the agitation.
Nepal has been known to have been inhabited as far as the 10th millennium BC - that is, from the archaelogical findings.
Nepal is of roughly rectangular shape, 850andnbsp;km wide and 200andnbsp;km broad, with an area of 147,181andnbsp;kmandsup2;.
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 Foreign Policy In Focus | A Plan for the Post-Conflict Reconstruction of Nepal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
Third, seven political parties comprising more than two-thirds of the Nepalese people have started a movement for the restoration of democracy and the peaceful conclusion of the conflict.
The international community, development donors, the king, the Maoists, the mainstream political parties, and Nepal’s civil society all have a stake in developing a plan to reduce the risk of relapse into conflict.
If the king is not ready for a compromise solution, the Maoists and mainstream political parties should carve out a plan for a post-conflict Nepal, and the international community and civil society should provide strong support for the plan.
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 Nepal information - Search.com
Nepal's legislature is bicameral consisting of a House of Representatives and a National Council.
In April, 2006, a countrywide general strike was called by the seven major political parties (the Seven Party Alliance (SPA)) supported by the Maoists.
Nepal is divided into 14 zones and 75 districts grouped into five development zones or divisions.
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 Governments on the WWW: Political Parties
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Srpska Stranka Republike Srpske [Serbian Party of the Serbian Republic]
Hrvatska Seljacka Stranka Bosne i Hercegovine (HSS BiH) [Croatian Peasants Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
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 Nepal - Amnesty International
Against a background of mounting political crisis, there was a sharp rise in the incidence of unlawful killings, “disappearances”, torture and arbitrary arrest and detention by the security forces, and of deliberate killings, hostage-taking and torture by the Maoists.
The abuses were carried out in the context of the “people’s war” declared by the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) (Maoist) in 1996, and the declaration of a state of emergency and the deployment of the army in late 2001.
Members of the Nepali Congress (NC) party were most often targeted for deliberate and unlawful killings, but there were increasing attacks on members of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist).
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 Political Affairs Magazine - Nepal: Resistance to Royalist Repression Continues
With several protesters killed, hundreds wounded, and thousands jailed, opposition political parties in Nepal continue to call and organize public protests and a general strike in response to anti-democratic measures adopted by the government of King Gyanendra.
The opposition parties have formed an alliance called the seven party alliance, which includes liberals, democrats, nationalists, and communists.
According to the Communist Party of Nepal, Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML), one of the seven major parties in opposition to the king's repression, the protests and general strike is gaining momentum and popularity.
www.politicalaffairs.net /article/articleview/3194/1/161   (754 words)

  
 List of political parties in Nepal
Political parties in Nepal lists political parties in Nepal.
Nepal has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
That means: the parties are named in the English translation and the original native name is placed on the first line of the article unless the native form is more commonly used in English than the English form.
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