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This is a selection of Nepal related articles that have been published after February 1, 2005. Nepal Research stands for peace, freedom, democracy and inclusion in Nepal. All this is provided neither by royal nor by Maoist politics. We predominantly include articles that are critical in the ongoing state destruction. Articles and papers in favour of the royal regime may be looked up through the links to government owned media on our news subsite.
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Paper Title / Author Date of publication

Nepal News November agreement has dramatically changed political realities: ICG 30/11/2005
Web India 123 Nelson Mandela refuses to meet Nepal king 30/11/2005
Web India 123 Nepal truce survives another attack 30/11/2005
BBC News Nepalese court lifts FM news ban, by Sushil Sharma 30/11/2005
Nepal News SC allows FM stations to broadcast news 30/11/2005
Web India 123 Nepal government defies court, switches off BBC radio 30/11/2005
Nepal News UML to defy prohibitory order 30/11/2005
Nepal News NHRC to monitor Friday’s demonstration 30/11/2005
Kathmandu Post RNA obstructs UML Salyan rally 30/11/2005
Reuters AlertNet Nepal bans protests ahead of planned anti-King rally 30/11/2005
Kathmandu Post New Baneshwor prohibited area 30/11/2005
Nepal News New Baneshwor declared restricted area 30/11/2005
Web India 123 Nepal Communists plan 'sea of protests' in Kathmandu 30/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal Capital Boils Friday: Nepal 30/11/2005
Daily Times Nepal opposition gears up for protests 30/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Government posting 'consultants' to NGOs 30/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Youths asked to uphold democracy 30/11/2005
Nepal News Two Maoist commanders killed: Prachanda, It was a retaliatory attack: RNA 30/11/2005
Nepal News Maoists abduct dev worker, loot communications equipment 30/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Implement pact sincerely: HR activists 30/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Koirala urges Maoists to extend ceasefire 30/11/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Agreement in trouble if rebels break ceasefire’ 30/11/2005
South Asian Media Net 'Parties-Maoists pact lacks clarity' 30/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal Save Your Position Yourself: Koirala tells King 30/11/2005
Nepal News NC will continue its fight against absolute monarchy: Koirala 30/11/2005
South Asian Media Net King is loser: ex-pm Thapa 30/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Thapa warns King 30/11/2005
Telegraph Is it all with a free lunch? 30/11/2005
Telegraph Military is the target? 30/11/2005
Nepal News Bush spoke to Beijing about military supplies to Nepal: Report 30/11/2005
Indian Express China arms shadow over Indo-Nepal treaty: Delhi will tell Kathmandu that treaty may come under review if security concern not addressed, by Shishir Gupta 30/11/2005
Newindpress Chinese arms may hit trade-transit, India to tell Nepal 30/11/2005
Web India 123 Nepal's 'red' press flourishes underground 30/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Govt flouts SC stay order on Sagarmatha FM 30/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Sagarmatha Radio gets stay till Dec 7 30/11/2005
Peninsula Nepal radio back on air after court order 30/11/2005
Nepal News Govt. asks Radio Sagarmatha not to re-broadcast BBC 29/11/2005
Newswatch Nepal radio station resumes broadcast after Supreme Court order 29/11/2005
BBC News Banned Nepal station back on air 29/11/2005
Nepal News Radio Sagarmatha FM resumes its transmission 29/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Overture for peace, by BN Panta 29/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Company we're keeping, by Manjushree Thapa [comparing Nepali monarchy with other absolute monarchies] 29/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal Royalists Not Keen to Resolve Maoist Problem: Nepal 29/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal Defence Ministry Behind Recent NGO Code in Nepal 29/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Repression 29/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal Govt Didn't Shut Down Sagarmatha FM, They Themselves Did: Home Minister [Yes, and the journalists have arrested themselves!! Sorry, but is this minister only stupid or is he criminal?] 29/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal US Condemns Media Attack; Urges King to Move Quickly for Democracy 29/11/2005
Nepal News US criticizes the govt’s raid on Radio Sagarmatha 29/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Journos, professionals protest govt raid on SFM 29/11/2005
Nepal News BBC 103 FM returns to airwaves 29/11/2005
Kathmandu Post BBC seeks clarification, by Dinesh Wagle 29/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Sagarmatha FM moves SC 29/11/2005
Nepal News UN OHCHR to monitor UML rally 29/11/2005
Relief Web Nepali opposition gears up for protests 29/11/2005
Nepal News CPN-UML warns Govt. of ICC action 29/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Govt works to disrupt UML rally 29/11/2005
Nepal News Thapa warns government of severe consequences 29/11/2005
South Asian Media Net UML for talks with Maoist at local level 29/11/2005
Indian Express Prachanda may accept people’s verdict on kin, by Yubaraj Ghimire 29/11/2005
Nepal News Maoists express commitment to multiparty democracy 29/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Maoists iterate commitment to democracy 29/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Maoists torture children, by Ghanashyam Ojha 29/11/2005
Nepal News Maoists attack MI-17 Chopper of RNA 29/11/2005
South Asian Media Net 'Parties-Maoist pact has loopholes' 29/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Party was kept in dark on pact: Rohit 29/11/2005
Inter Press Service Political Pact With Maoist Rebels Checks King, by Damakant Jayshi 29/11/2005
Kathmandu Post RNA has a choice to make: Pahadi 29/11/2005
Scoop Terrorists Can't Be Trusted, by Hari Uprety [The problem is that royal terror has been added to Maoist terror; both must be stopped immediately! Some kind of trust is necessary for the peace process!] 29/11/2005
Economic Times Let the monarchy pass into history 29/11/2005
Pioneer Our loss in Nepal, by Sandhya Jain [critical view of Indian politics towards Nepal] 29/11/2005
Scoop China’s ‘Nepal Card’? by Sanjay Upadhya 29/11/2005
Global Politician India, Nepal and the Voice of Reason: The United States of America, by Dipta Shah 29/11/2005
Kathmandu Post UK, EU urge King to declare truce 29/11/2005
Kathmandu Post UK urges king to declare ceasefire 29/11/2005
International Crisis Group Nepal’s New Alliance: The Mainstream Parties and the Maoists (executive summary) [see full report] 28/11/2005
INSN Whither King’s hypotheses, by Surendra R Devkota 28/11/2005
Nepal News Britain cautiously welcomes alliance-Maoist pact 28/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Role of political parties, by Khagendra N Sharma 28/11/2005
Nepal News Radio Sagarmatha moves SC against govt action 28/11/2005
International Federation of Journalists IFJ Warns Over Safety Crisis for Local Journalists Following Attack on FM Station in Nepal 28/11/2005
Nepal News IFJ deplores govt raid on Radio Sagarmatha 28/11/2005
Asian Tribune SA's first community radio forced to close in Nepal 28/11/2005
Inter Press Service Radio Faces the Music, Again, by Marty Logan 28/11/2005
Nepal News Journos, activists take out rally; 'Radio can resume its transmission': Minister Shahi 28/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal Nepal Journalists Demonstrate Against Raid on Radio, IFJ Also Dismayed 28/11/2005
International Federation of Journalists Attack on FM Station in Nepal 28/11/2005
Nepal News All four Radio Sagarmatha journos freed 28/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal Govt Closes Down Radio Sagarmatha 28/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Govt shuts down Sagarmatha FM 28/11/2005
Nepal News Raid on Radio Sagarmatha condemned, journos still in detention 28/11/2005
BBC News Arrests in Nepal over BBC report 28/11/2005
Newswatch Nepal shuts down FM station, detains four journalists 28/11/2005
Outlook India US denounces govt crackdown on media in Nepal, by Sridhar Krishnaswami 28/11/2005
South Asian Media Net

Night raid on Sagarmatha FM radio

28/11/2005
Outlook India Nepal govt raids private radio station, arrests mediapersons, by Shrish B Pradhan 28/11/2005
IRNA Nepal government closes down radio station, arrests journalists 28/11/2005
Rediff Nepal government closes down radio station, arrests journalists 28/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Move prudently 28/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Rolpa says time to end bloodshed, by Bikash Sangraula 28/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Locals surround Doti district HQ, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal 28/11/2005
Nepal News Locals throng to Dipayal demanding peace and security 28/11/2005
Kathmandu Post UML urges NHRC to thwart govt obstructions 28/11/2005
Nepal News NHRC 'helpless' before the government 28/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Accept constituent assembly: Nepal, by Ghanashyam Ojha and Shyam Sundar Sashi 28/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal Maoists Express Formal Commitment to Human Rights, Pluralism 28/11/2005
Kathmandu Post We are waiting for king’s response: Prachanda 28/11/2005
Nepal News Maoists ready to rethink on monarchy 28/11/2005
Indian Express The King and We: Squeeze Nepal’s ruler. Trump the China card 28/11/2005
Nepal News RCCC constitutional: Government attorneys 28/11/2005
Newindpress High stakes for India in new Nepal deal 28/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Baid breaks fast-unto-death 28/11/2005
Nepal News Radio Sagarmatha goes off air, four journos still in custody 27/11/2005
Nepal News Police seize equipment of Radio Sagarmatha, arrest five journalists 27/11/2005
BBC News Maoist rethink on Nepal monarchy, by Rabindra Mishra 27/11/2005
New York Times Democracy in Thin Air, by John Burdett 27/11/2005
Pioneer Red-letter day for Nepal, by Ajay Bose 27/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal Don’t Interfere with Political Rallies: NHRC 27/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Parties set for 2nd phase talks: Nepal 27/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Displaced wait to return home, by Ghanashyam Ojha & Shyam Sundar Sashi 27/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Kalikot welcomes alliance leaders, by J Pandey 27/11/2005
Nepal News UML accuses authorities of misusing govt. machinery 27/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal Govt Inciting Maoists to Return to Violence: UML Leader 27/11/2005
South Asian Media Net NC for monitoring Parties-Maoist accord 27/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Essays on power politics, a book review by Monica Upadhyay 27/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Stir will root out autocracy: Gyawali 27/11/2005
Kathmandu Post

‘Objection to pact personal’

27/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Prasrit for govt to hold assembly polls 27/11/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘King should talk to parties’ Moriarty leaves for Washington for consultation 27/11/2005
South Asian Media Net CPN-UML urges China not to supply arms 27/11/2005
Kathmandu Post King has joined hands with China: Sachchit 27/11/2005
Nepal News Rana blames King for party-Maoist agreement 27/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Court needs positive effort of Bar [an interesting comparison to panchayat times] 27/11/2005
Nepal News Arms supervision clause objectionable: Speaker [it is important if you really want peace, Mr Ranabhat] 27/11/2005
Nepal News Rebel killed during clashes with security forces 27/11/2005
Sunday Observer Protest against monarchy in western Nepal 27/11/2005
Web India 123 India has high stakes in new Nepal deal 27/11/2005
Counter Punch An "Unholy Alliance"? The Nepal Pact, by Gary Leupp 26/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Will Nepal go Maoists?, by Dhruva Joshy 26/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Citizens hold mass meet in Bhaktapur 26/11/2005
Nepal News 12-point understanding installs new hope: Dr. Panday 26/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Pokhara rallies for peace, by Dinesh Regmi & Kul Chandra Neupane 26/11/2005
South Asian Media Net CPN-UML vows to end autocracy 26/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Admn prohibits NC demo 26/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Parties-Maoist pact positive: RJP 26/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Nepal troops draw UN flak for torture 26/11/2005
Nepal News Maoists still undecided over extension of ceasefire 26/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Maoists chase civilians from homes 26/11/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Abide by constitution’ 26/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Cadres doubt commitment 26/11/2005
INSN Monarch vs Maoists: India has a special responsibility in Nepal, by JR Mukherjee 26/11/2005
INSN Three into two (originally in The Economist, 24/11/2005) 26/11/2005
Nepal News India played behind-the-scenes role in Parties-Maoist understanding: TOI 26/11/2005
Times of India Nepal Breakthrough 26/11/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘Big achievement’ [hardly to believe, these words of the royalist turned former communist Rayamajhi!] 26/11/2005
Kathmandu Post There’s space for king in 12-point accord: NC-D 26/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal King May Spoil Parties-Maoist Understanding: GP Koirala 26/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Koirala for more dialogue with Maoists 26/11/2005
Kathmandu Posdt Koirala skeptical of palace role 26/11/2005
Nepal News Children injured in explosion 26/11/2005
Nepal News Maoists, security forces exchange fire 26/11/2005
Nepal News Moriarty leaves for the US 26/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal China Has Supported Despotism: Nepal 26/11/2005
India Daily China defies India, US, EU joint stand on arms embargo to Nepal – China starts sending huge arms shipment to Nepal, by Sonia Joshi 26/11/2005
INSN India says no, China sends arms to Nepal Nepal 18 trucks came with arms for RNA this week via Kodari, by Yubaraj Ghimire 26/11/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘No let up in fight against terror’ RNA admits arrival of Chinese military aid 26/11/2005
Daily Times China backs Nepal against Maoist insurgency: Beijing sending arms and ammunition supplies to Nepalese army 26/11/2005
Nepal News US-based organisation condemns party-Maoist understanding 26/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal Understanding On Our Own Feet: MK Nepal 26/11/2005
Newindpress ‘India not behind Nepal uprising’ 26/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal UML Holds Demo, Raps Monarchy 25/11/2005
Nepal News Thousands take part in UML rally calling for peace and democracy 25/11/2005
Kantipur Online Thousands turn up for CPN-UML Pokhara mass meet 25/11/2005
Kathmandu Post 15-day ban on political activity in Kalikot 25/11/2005
Nepali Times Is peace really breaking out? If it doesn’t, we will know who wrecked it, by CK Lal 25/11/2005
Nepali Times Not quite there yet: The constituent assembly could still create problems and the party-rebel accord leaves out a warring side, by Navin Singh Khadka 25/11/2005
Kantipur Online We haven't given up republicanism: Prachanda 25/11/2005
Kantipur Online Ceremonial monarchy acceptable if King corrects his mistakes: Nepal, by Dinesh Regmi and Kulchandra Neupane 25/11/2005
Nepal News Govt rejects constituent assembly; insists on holding election 25/11/2005
Nepal News No need of constituent assembly: Minister Dhakal; No option to constituent assembly: Leaders 25/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Change from within, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal 25/11/2005
Nepali Times Ten years is enough 25/11/2005
Foreign and Commenwealth Office, UK Deal Between Maoist and Political Parties 'Welcome News' for people of Nepal 25/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Donors call for durable truce 25/11/2005
Nepal News Donors emphasize for peace 25/11/2005
Kathmandu Post London meet presses for peace 25/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Moriarty apprises Pandey on US stance Mukherjee meets Nepal 25/11/2005
BBC News Chinese 'deliver arms to Nepal' [This is the moment when the autocratic king really needs help to prevent a peace process] 25/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal First Bundle of Chinese Lethal support in Nepal 25/11/2005
Nepal News Import of arms from China as per the agreement: RNA 25/11/2005
Nepal News No lethal arms from China: RNA 25/11/2005
Nepal News Nepalis in the US welcome Parties-Maoist agreement 25/11/2005)
Nepal News Understanding between parties and Maoists can’t be ignored: Thapa 25/11/2005
Spotlight Is Peace In The Offing? The recent agreement, though taken place in alien land, injects a hope to restore peace, by Keshab Poudel 25/11/2005
Nepal News Rights groups welcome Parties-Maoist understanding 25/11/2005
Kathmandu Post ‘12-point agreement welcome step’ 25/11/2005
Kathmandu Post We have entered new phase: Parties 25/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal Accord Only a Starting Point: Leaders 25/11/2005
Spotlight Peace, Democracy and Solidarity, by Taranath Ranabhat (Excerpts of the statement at the 6th General Assembly of the AAPP, Pattaya City, Thailand on November 19) 25/11/2005)
Nepali Times Life in the time of ceasefire (originally in Himal Khabarpatrika, 16 November) 25/11/2005
Nepal News Editor Baid returns to Kathmandu, continues fast-unto-death 25/11/2005
BBC News Nepal awaits the king's move, by Rabindra Mishra 24/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Recruitment of child soldiers, by Bipin Adhikari 24/11/2005
South Asian Media Net UML-govt showdown looms large 24/11/2005
Nepal News Government attempting to foil mass meeting: UML 24/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Butwal boosts UML confidence, by Ghanasham Ojha 24/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Securitymen fire shots at gathering 24/11/2005
Nepal News Police beat up pro-democracy activists 24/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Police.. 24/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Maoists violate truce in Taplejung 24/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Unprecedented 24/11/2005
NewsLine Nepal UN Lauds Parties-Maoist Accord, Urges Longer Ceasefire 24/11/2005
UN News Centre Annan welcomes steps toward resolving civil conflict in Nepal 24/11/2005
Reuters Alert Net UN chief hails deal between Nepal rebels, parties 24/11/2005
Nasdaq U.N. Hails New Pact Between Nepal Politicians, Rebels 24/11/2005
BBC News UN chief welcomes Nepal accord 24/11/2005
Kantipur Online US, India welcome new political development 24/11/2005
New York Times Nepal Rebels and Political Parties in Accord Aimed Against King 24/11/2005
Asia News Net Nepal can do with third party help 24/11/2005
Kantipur Online King mulling more autocratic steps: Nepal 24/11/2005
Khaleej Times Nepal politicians say king in ‘panic’ over pact with Maoists 24/11/2005
Nepal News Govt will first study parties-Maoist agreement: Vice-chairman Bista 24/11/2005
Bloomberg Nepal's Government Condemns Opposition's Agreement With Rebels 24/11/2005
Kathmandu Post Parties-Maoist pact unnatural, at behest of foreigners: Ministers 24/11/2005
Nepal News Efforts for restoration of peace positive: FM Pandey [but please don't touch the root causes of Nepal's crisis!] 24/11/2005
Nepal News Parties-Maoist agreement unnatural: Satchit 24/11/2005
South Asian Media Net Parties-Maoist accord unholy: govt 24/11/2005
South Asian Media Net NC asks King to accept pact with Maoists 24/11/2005
South Asian Media Net 'UML architect of parties-Maoist pact' 24/11/2005
Guardian Nepal's rebels vow to disarm and fight elections to end king's rule, by Randeep Ramesh 24/11/2005
Peninsula Maoist deal with parties isolates Nepal king 24/11/2005
Nepal News India cautiously welcomes Party-Maoist agreement 24/11/2005
Indian Express Wait & watch MEA stand on Nepal Maoists