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Archive Gurkhas 2000

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2000

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Nepalese pensioners get equal facilities as Indians (People's Review, 28/12/2000)

Nepal to host human rights meet in March (Rising Nepal, 25/12/2000)

GAESO to internationalise its movement (Kathmandu Post, 25/12/2000)

Don’t ignore exploitation (Kathmandu Post, 23/12/2000)
Letter by Yam Bahadur Gurung, General Secretary, GAESO

GWS: A New Beginning, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 22/12/2000)

British official denies compensation to POWs, by Satish Jung Shahi (Kathmandu Post, 16/12/2000)

Hoon talks positive on equal compensation to ex-Gurkha POWs, by Satish Jung Shahi (Kathmandu Post, 14/12/2000)
See also interview with British Defense Secretary Geoffrey Hoon: Gurkhas Will Remain An Integral Part Of The British Army (Spotlight, 15/12/2000)

Gurkha recruitment must stop, by Madan Regmi (Kathmandu Post, 13/12/2000)

Gurkha POWs out of British compensation (Kathmandu Post, 07/12/2000)
See also editorial Compensate Gurkha ex-POWs (Kathmandu Post, 08/12/2000)

Pension distributed to ex-Indian Gorkhas, by Rajesh Chandra Rajbhandari (People's Review, 30/11/2000)

Ex-armymen form super body, GAESO stays out (Kathmandu Post, 30/11/2000)

Left parties flay British charges against GAESO (Kathmandu Post, 23/11/2000)

Ex-Gurkha moves British Court, by Satish Jung Shahi (kathmandu Post, 22/11/2000)

Gurkha Welfare: Healthy Development (Spotlight, 17/11/2000)

'Thugs' force Gurkha veterans to hand over their pensions, by Macer Hall and KM Singh (Telegraph, London, 08/10/2000)

The Gurkhas are In Integral Part Of The British Army (Spotlight, 28/07/2000)
Interview with Colonel Mark Dowdle, defense attache at the British Embasssy, Kathmandu

Ex-British Gurkhas refute pension comments: Irked by Defence Attaché’s remarks, by Satish Jung Shahi (Kathmandu Post, 26/07/2000)

British appreciate Gurkhas' contribution (Rising Nepal, 23/07/2000)

Gurkhas take home pay identical to British counterparts: Col. Dowdle, by Nirmala Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 23/07/2000)

Pension still unfair, say ex-British Gurkhas (Kathmandu Post, 16/07/2000)

1.9% pension increase for British Gurkhas (Rising Nepal, 12/07/2000)

Child Soldiers: Do we know the truth? (Sunday Post, 21/05/2000)

Cook hands over hiked pension (Kathmandu Post, 22/04/2000)

GAESO raises its issues at UNCHR session (Rising Nepal, 20/04/2000)

Ex-Gurkhas to raise pension issue at human right meet (The Independent, 19 January 2000)

Gurkhas to go international (The Rising Nepal, 14 January 2000)

Disparities being bridged, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 31 December 1999)

UK govt announces substantial increase in pensions for Gurkhas (The Rising Nepal, 25 December 1999)

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