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...What we may actually be seeing here is an incident of transnational terrorism," he says. "The ideology is shared across borders, from Pakistan to India to Bangladesh." Terrorists these days are just as likely to meet in Dubai to discuss logistics, or in Katmandu to plan strategies. Training can take place not only in the ungoverned tribal areas of Pakistan, but also in Bangladesh, which also faces a mounting challenge from Islamic extremism. Weapons, distributed by a network of arms dealers that supply Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, Indian separatists groups and even Nepal's Maoists, are in easy reach...
Rajiv Gandhi for maintaining the integrity of his country in the face of great challenges to its unity. Sanjay Upadhya Katmandu, Nepal...
...cabinet by Sept. 26. Council member Mohammed Hurrani, though part of Arafat's Fatah movement, called the resignation "a great victory." NEPAL Maoist Mayhem Nepal's guerrilla war intensified as Maoist rebels killed 58 policemen and soldiers in the town of Sandikharka, 295 km west of the capital Katmandu. More than 4,000 rebels overran the remote town, where 200 soldiers were garrisoned. Less than 24 hours earlier Maoists killed 49 policemen in Bhiman in southeast Nepal. CHINA Dalai Envoys Representatives of the Dalai Lama visited Beijing in the first formal exchange in nine years between China and the exiled...
...week after Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was forced to call early elections, King Gyanendra imposed another three months' state of emergency and the army fought battles with Maoist insurgents. More than 160 rebels were killed when they attacked an army base in the Rukum district west of Katmandu. Further clashes with the rebels, who have been fighting since 1996 to overthrow the constitutional monarchy, left 10 more dead. THE PHILIPPINES Bounty Bid More than a year after Abu Sayyaf rebels took three Americans hostage, the U.S. government offered a reward of up to $5 million for the capture...
...NEPAL Maoist Talks The government met for the first time with Maoist guerrillas who have waged a five-year antimonarchist insurgency. A joint statement released after the meeting near Katmandu described the talks as positive. Negotiators said they would meet again in a fortnight to discuss ways of ending the conflict, which claimed about 1,800 lives before a truce was called in July...