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Government Friday made public a blacklist of 1930 politicians and political appointees who did not submit property details to the Lamsal property commission that investigated assets of politicians and officials who held office since 1990, an announcement said. The Commission completed the report in one year. The list is available at the Rashtriya Samachar Samiti, Parliament, Rashtriya Pusthaklaya, Keshar Pusthakalaya and Rashtriya Abhilekhalaya. The Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has started investigating 40 politicians and officials after the Government forwarded the Lamsal commission report to the investigating agency for action. nepalnews.com br May 9 Another committee formed to curb SARS A high level advisory committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Health Minister Dr. Upendra Devkota to stop and control the spread of SARS in Nepal in "a more effective manner," the Health Ministry said. Another 11-member committee has been formed to monitor the disease every day. No trace of the disease has been traced so far in the country after tests conducted on visitors entering the country from Tribhuvan International Airport, the Ministry said Friday. nepalnews.com br May 9 Opposition holds black flag demonstrations On the second day of protests against King Gyanendra, five opposition parties Friday held black flag demonstrations nation-wide, parties said. Nepali Congress central committee member Narahari Acharya led the protests in the capital at 4.30 in the afternoon. The opposition parties launched an indefinite movement against the King Thursday for what they call his regressive action beginning with the October 4 dismissal of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. The parties launched the movement Thursday by observing a 20 minute silence in memory of martyrs and blocking vehicular movement at street corners. Nepali Congress (Democratic) of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba held independent demonstrations nation-wide to protest the Deuba dismissal. nepalnews.com br May 9 Army movement restricted around bases Government and Maoists agreed Friday to restrict the operations of the Royal Nepal Army( RNA) to within five kilometers around their base, Maoist talks spokesman Krishna Bahadur Mahara said. “We first demanded the return of the Army to the barracks. Now we have agreed that their activities should be confined to within a five kilometer radius of their base,” Mahara said. The return of soldiers to the barracks figured in the second round of talks Friday after rebels demanded their return to the barracks in the first round of negotiations, Mahara said. Government and Maoists agreed to form a 13-member monitoring team coordinated by a member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to oversee the implementation of a 22-point code of conduct already agreed upon by the two sides. The team includes seven institutions and six individuals. The institutions are: NHRC, Nepal Bar Association, Nepal Dalit Commission, National Women’s Commission, Federation of Nepalese Journalists, FNCCI and the Federation of Nationalities. Individuals are: Dhaniram Lamichani, Dr. Birendra Jhapali, Malla K. Sundar, former IGP Hem Bahadur Malla, Balkrishna Neupane and Khim Lal Devkota. The Government also agreed to release three detained central committee members of the Maoists, possibly next week, from a list of 322 missing persons presented by rebels to the government, Mahara said. The committee members are: Bamdev Chetri, Mumaram Khanal and Rabindra Shrestha. Government and Maoist negotiators agreed on a code of conduct for four facilitators. The facilitators should be neutral, they should not make comments that will adversely affect negotiations and their role should help talks succeed. “Government is studying the political agenda presented by the Nepal Communist Party (Maoists),” Government Spokesman Col. Narayan Singh Pun said. Government Friday did not present its agenda which will now be discussed by a homework team consisting of four government and rebel negotiators, Col. Pun said. The two sides agreed to form monitoring teams at the districts as well. The homework team will discuss the date and venue for the third round of talks. Government appointed facilitators former foreign minister Shailendra Kumar Upadhaya and former chief secretary Karna Dhoj Adhikari attended the talks for the first time Friday. The second round of peace talks extended for two and a half fours Friday. “The talks have taken a positive turn,” Mahara said. The CPN-UML parliamentary party committee meeting Friday hoped the peace talks will be "result-oriented," statement said. nepalnews.com br May 9 Second round of peace talks begin The second round of peace talks between Government and Maoists began one hour behind schedule at the Shanker Hotel at noon Friday. "Peace is our agenda," said Government Spokesman and Minister for Physical Planning Col. Narayan Singh Pun. King Gyanendra met government negotiators Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey and Col. Pun Thursday evening ahead of Friday's talks, published reports said. Peace talks was launched on April 27: Shanker Hotel was also the venue for the launch of the negotiations. Journalists Friday were allowed into the negotiating room which was out of bounds for them on April 27. Journalists then protested the restriction. nepalnews.com rh May 9 Deputy Prime Minister Badri Prasad Mandal Thursday received a report commissioned by the government to probe the murders of two Maoist students whose decapitated bodies were found along river bank near Hetauda in neighbouring Makwanpur during anti-government protests in April. A Home Ministry Joint Secretary headed the probe. The Army has denied Maoists accusations that it was involved in the murders. Police has conducted a separate investigation. Both reports have not been made public. nepalnews.com br May 8 Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) issued a special postal cover Thursday to commemorate the ascents of Mount Everest by Sambhu Tamang in 1973 and Reinhold Messner and Peter Habler in 1978. Sambhu Tamang was the youngest climber to set foot on the 8848 meters high Mount Everest in spring 1973 with an Italian expedition. Messner and Habler climbed the world's tallest peak without bottled oxygen, considered an impossible feat then. Assistant Minister for Tourism Rabi Bhakta Shrestha affixed a special cancellation mark to release the cover. Nepal and NMA are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic conquest of Everest by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary this month. nepalnews.com br May 8 Women appointed to SAARC group Dr. Shanta Thapalia and Tulasa Lata Amatya have been appointed members of the SAARC Autonomous Advocacy Group of Women Personalities, the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare said. Dr. Thapalia is Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Family Law at Tribhuvan University while Amatya is President of Community Action Center Nepal. A SAARC member state nominates two women to the Group. nepalnews.com br May 9 NOC seeks Rs.1000 million loan In an unprecedented move, cash strapped Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) Friday sought a Rs.1000 million from local commercial banks for one month. An advertisement
was placed in the daily newspaper Gorkhapatra Friday for the short-term
loan. NOC reduced prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene Thursday after a fall in the price of crude in the international market. nepalnews.com br May 9 Two bridal party members killed Two members
of a bridal party died instantly and 48 others were injured, eight
seriously, Thursday when a tractor carrying them overturned at Godavari
village in Kailali, published reports said Friday The bride and groom, traveling in anther tractor, were not injured. nepalnews.com br May 9. Maoists will for the first time open an office at Anamnagar in the capital, published reports quoting Krishna Bahadur Mahara said Friday. The office will be opened either Friday or Saturday, the reports said. Mahara is the Maoist spokesman for government, rebels talks. nepalnews.com br May 9 The British Gurkha Study and Research Center Thursday presented a memorandum to Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand through peace negotiator Col. Narayan Singh Pun asking the government not to stop the recruitment of Gurkhas into the British Army. The Centre said it is fighting the "inequalities' in the implementation of a treaty and agreements for Gurkhas serving in the British Army but the Center said there is "no need to stop the recruitment." Center office bearers met with Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Pyar Jung Thapa Thursday and discussed the issue before he leaves for an official visit to the United Kingdom. An end to the recruitment is one of 24 demands of Maoists to be discussed in on-going peace talks. nepalnews.com br May 9 51 Nepali students return from SARS hit China Fifty-one Nepali students studying in China returned home Thursday in the wake of the growing threat of SARS, which has so far claimed 500 lives in over 30 countries around the world. The students were stranded after Royal Nepal Airlines decided not to fly to Shanghai following threats from SARS. According to airport officials, the Nepali students returning Thursday were from JhenkJho and Jiyan universities. The students said there was no need to panic as the universities had been taking the precautionary measures against the disease and all Nepalis were safe. According to the students there are 130 more students stranded in different parts of China still waiting to return home. The students expressed their anger at the Royal Nepal Airlines for canceling the flights despite the fact that they had already bought the tickets. The students were flown to Kathmandu in the Thai Airways plane. nepalnews.com am May 9 CIAA probes 40 politicians, officials The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has begun a probe of 40 senior politicians and officials, Spacetime daily and Annapurna Post newspapers reported in their Friday editions quoting an unnamed official of the investigating authority. The Spacetime said the Agency has begun preliminary investigation of 12 former Nepali Congress ministers, 15 from CPN-UML and five from the Rashtriya Prajatantra Party; the CIAA has begun probes of two retired and two incumbent secretaries and six police officers, including three retired IGPs. The CIAA is freezing their assets, the newspaper said. The newspaper said former prime ministers, deputy prime ministers, speakers, deputy speakers of parliament and chairmen and vice chairmen of the National Assembly are not being investigated. CIAA Secretary Madhav Prasad Ghimere said the Agency had started investigation of senior politicians and officials after the government forwarded a report of the high level Lamsal property commission for necessary action. The Lamsal Commission recommended additional probes of some persons and specified names of others who could not account for their wealth in the last 12 years. Meanwhile, the Government Thursday posted security guards for CIAA Commissioners Madav Dutta Bhatta, Krishna Ballav Sharma Kafle, Indra Bahadur Serchan and Basudeb Lamichani, daily newspaper Rajdhani said. The Commission has formed four teams, each under a Commissioner, to start investigations of the 40 persons; each team will probe 10 persons, Annapurna Post said Friday. Government earlier withdrew security facilities of some former prime ministers, home ministers, chief secretaries and home secretaries. nepalnews.com br May 9 Opposition to display black flag against King The five mainstream political parties in their second phase of protests against the King Friday will display black flags and organize sit-ins in different parts of the country. In the first phase of protest held Thursday, the workers and leaders of the five political parties paid their tributes to the martyrs by organizing a silent meeting at Sahid Gate. The traffic had come to a halt for nearly half an hour due to
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