Nepal Seeks Talks to End Rebel Blockade of Capital
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The fear of attack kept most vehicles off roads leading to Nepal's capital for a second day on Thursday as authorities sought talks to end a siege called by Maoist insurgents.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Road traffic to Nepal&#39;s capital, Kathmandu, stopped as communist rebels began a blockade of the city to demand the release of insurgents, Reuters reported.
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The fear of attack kept most vehicles off roads leading to Nepal&#39;s capital for a second day on Thursday as authorities sought talks to end a siege called by Maoist insurgents.
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Human rights groups in Nepal ask the world to intervene to end King Gyanendra's tough emergency measures.
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Nepal said on Saturday Maoist rebels had left open the possibility of joining peace talks and a committee would meet soon to discuss conditions set by the insurgents.
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Nepal's embattled government offered  to meet a demand by Maoist rebels to end their blockade of the  capital on Friday after the guerrillas set off two bombs in and  around Kathmandu, officials said.
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Military helicopters provided air  cover to vehicles ferrying crucial supplies to the Nepali  capital on Sunday, a senior army officer said, as a blockade  called by Maoist rebels stretched into its fifth day.
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Nepal&#39;s Maoist rebels have temporarily called off a crippling economic blockade of the capital effective on Wednesday, saying the move was in response to popular appeals.
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Nepal has appealed to the Iraqi government for help in securing the release of 13 Nepalese hostages.
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Nepal is to probe disappearances of left-wing activists - a major demand of Maoist blockading the capital.
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There is more violence in Nepal&#39;s capital, Kathmandu, on the sixth day of an economic blockade imposed by Maoist rebels on the city.
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A strike by rebels shut down more than a third of Nepal on Tuesday, including Kathmandu, the latest stoppage in their campaign for a communist republic after last month's crippling road blockade of the hill-ringed capital.
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Nepal must end police action against ethnic Madhesi protesters and create an atmosphere for talks to end protests in which at least 13 people were killed in two weeks, a community leader said on Friday.
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Maoist rebels in Nepal reject a new appeal by the prime minister for talks to end their eight-year insurgency.
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Nepal's Maoist rebels rejected peace talks with the new government and began an indefinite blockade across the landlocked Himalayan kingdom on Saturday to oppose King Gyanendra's assumption of power.
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KATHMANDU : Maoist rebels have staged their first ever blockade of the capital cutting supplies to Kathmandu, a city of some 1.5 million people.
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Nepal's government is due to hold talks with former Maoist rebels, a day after they said they were leaving the cabinet.