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spotlogo2.jpg (6318 bytes) VOL. 22, NO. 49, JUNE 20 -  JUNE 26 2003.

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"The King can reinstate the House of Representatives on his own."

Girija Prasad Koirala, president of the Nepali Congress and former prime minister, in Kantipur.

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"Surya Bahadur Thapa never tires in politics."

Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, in Bimarsha.

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"The Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) will not participate in this government."

Bharat Mohan Adhikary, former minister and senior leader of the UML, in Himalaya Times.

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"I will see who will investigate me."

Khadga Prasad Oli, UML leader, reacting to reports that the party could take action against him on disciplinary grounds, in Himalaya Times.

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"I am confident that the present Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa will not lose any opportunity to recommend the reinstatement of the House of Representatives."

Laxman Prasad Aryal, former justice of the Supreme Court and a member of the committee that drafted the present constitution, in Bimarsha.

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"Domestic capital will be encouraged in the next budget."

Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani, finance minister, in Gorkhapatra.

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"Maybe he is angry that his record was broken."

Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa, responding to accusations by Pemba Dorje Sherpa who claimed that Lhakpa's claim of having climbed the Everest in the record 10 hours 56 minutes was untrue.

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"Film direction is a story recital and the director is the one who recites it."

Ujjwal Ghimire, noted director whose latest venture "Biswas" has hit the screens, in Deshanter.

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