Message to the nation by King Gyanendra of Nepal, April 14, 2006 .English-language translation from eKantipur.com:Beloved Countrymen,On the occasion...
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Nepal king calls for general elections, dialogue with opposition
AP is reporting that Nepal's King Gyanendra has called for general elections and has promised dialogue with the opposition. Opposition political parties have been staging pro-democracy protests for over a week, calling...
Nepal police open fire on lawyers in pro-democracy demonstration
Police in Nepal Thursday fired rubber bullets at a peaceful rally of lawyers in the capital Kathmandu, injuring four. Seventeen other lawyers were injured when police charged with batons. 72 lawyers were arrested in total. The lawyers were holding...
UN rights chief 'shocked' by force used against Nepal pro-democracy protesters
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Thursday expressed shock and dismay at the use of violence and arbitrary detention by police and security forces in the ongoing unrest over...
Nepal democracy protester shot dead, 29 journalists jailed as demonstrations continue
Nepalese riot police shot and killed a pro-democracy protester and arrested twenty-nine journalists and five human rights activists on Wednesday in the seventh straight day of pro-democracy demonstrations aimed at ending the direct rule government of...
International brief ~ UK appeals court overturns Zimbabwe deportation decision
Leading Wednesday's international brief, the UK Court of Appeal has overturned a lower tribunal's decision to block the removal of failed asylum applicants to Zimbabwe where human rights agencies and NGOs allege that they face torture and...
The French National Assembly , the lower house of parliament, on Wednesday approved compromise labor legislation to replace the controversial First Employment Contract (contrat premiere embauche, CPE) , the youth jobs plan that prompted...
French legislators prepare for vote on new job measures after CPE debacle
French students and union members staged sporadic "victory marches" Tuesday to celebrate the government's withdrawal of the First Employment Contract (contrat premiere embauche, CPE) as legislators prepared for a vote on a replacement $180M job training...
The family of a man convicted for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings said they will not pursue clemency on his behalf, allowing the Indonesian government to carry out his death sentence, according to a spokesman for the...
Police in Nepal fired on a crowd of pro-democracy protestors Tuesday, injuring at least 12, observers said. Reports said that protestors in Kathmandu marched from an area not covered by a curfew [JURIST...