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Vol. 19 :: No. 48
THE NATIONAL NEWSMAGAZINE
June 16 - June 22 ,
2000.

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"Nepali Congress seems like two parties. In the past, Girijababu used to accuse me of taking UML's support, but now he is doing the same."

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, former Prime Minister and senior Congress leader, speaking at the meeting of Congress parliamentary party, in Samakalin.

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"Dialogue can take place if Sher Bahadur Deuba becomes serious about it."

Padma Ratna Tuladhar, former MP and human rights activist, saying that Maoists are willing to sit for a dialogue with the government, in Bimarsha.

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"There is not a single person within our party at present who can openly say the government should not sit for a dialogue with Maoists."

Khum Bahadur Khadka, Minister for Water Resources and former Home Minister, saying dialogue is the only way to solve Maoist problem, in Ghatana Ra Bichar.

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"Great persons talk about thoughts, medium ones talk about incidents and small ones talk about persons."

Nayan Bahadur Khatri, Chairman of Human Rights Commission, denying allegations leveled against him by a section of Nepali Congress lawmakers and saying he is not going to tremble by such baseless accusations, talking at a program, in Nepalipatra.

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"Removing Joshi is the common objective of Congress workers."

Ram Janam Chaudhary, Nepali Congress MP, who is lobbying hard demanding the removal of Home Minister Govinda Raj Joshi alleging him of failing to maintain law and order, in Samakalin.

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"The district is under shadow in terms of government assistance."

Sushila Nepal, an MP representing Lalitpur-1 constituency which is still underdeveloped despite its proximity to capital, in Chhalfal.

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"Weather, fingers and guide."

Temba Chhiri Sherpa, the young mountaineer who abandoned his bid to become the youngest man atop the Everest summit and returned with frost-bitten fingers after reaching couple of hundred meters below the summit, on what factors were responsible for the failure, in Budhabar.

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