Buses defy rebel blockade of Nepal&#39;s capital
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KATMANDU, Nepal  - A heavily guarded convoy of six buses snaked its way out of Nepal&#39;s capital Thursday, the first vehicles to defy Maoist rebels who blockaded Katmandu this week with threats alone and without setting up a single roadblock.
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Nepal's Maoist rebels have  temporarily suspended a crippling economic blockade of the  capital from Wednesday, saying the move was in response to  popular appeals.
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In Nepal, a Maoist guerrilla blockade has shut down major highways leading into the capital Kathmandu. Residents are stockpiling food to brace for the impact after a week of rebel violence has left a hundred people dead.
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Kathmandu - Nepalese rebels shot a policeman and set off two bombs in Kathmandu on Friday while keeping up a blockade that has isolated the capital since midweek to press demands for the release of rebels held by the government.
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Nepal has put its security forces on high alert as Maoist guerrillas threaten to blockade the capital, Kathmandu -- beginning Wednesday.
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KATMANDU, Nepal The Nepali capital was largely cut off from the rest of the country on Wednesday after Maoist rebels threatened to attack any vehicles traveling on main roads, in a virtual blockade of Katmandu to press their demands for the release of ...
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Nepali soldiers killed 22 Maoist  rebels in a fierce gun battle in the west of the country on  Thursday, the army said, as a partial blockade of Kathmandu by  the rebels reduced traffic to a trickle on two key highways.
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Katmandu, Nepal, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A Maoist rebel blockade of the two major highways leading into Nepal&#39;s capital is affecting the flow of food and supplies, the BBC said Wednesday.
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KATMANDU, Nepal Aug. 18, 2004  Without setting up a roadblock or even making an appearance, Maoist rebels cut off the capital from the rest of this Himalayan kingdom by declaring a blockade Wednesday, leaving Katmandu with only a few days of food and ...
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Military helicopters provided air  cover to vehicles ferrying crucial supplies to the Nepali  capital on Sunday, as a blockade called by Maoist rebels  stretched into its fifth day, a senior army officer said.
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FUEL rationing was introduced in Katmandu and prices rose in the Nepalese capital yesterday as the Maoist blockade continued into a second day.
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Maoist rebels, fighting to topple Nepal&#39;s constitutional monarchy, cut off all land routes to the Himalayan kingdom&#39;s capital on Wednesday, disrupting food and supplies to the city of 1.5 million people.
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Nepal&#39;s communist insurgency has been flexing its muscles, with a successful blockade of the capital Kathmandu. Experts say the Maoists have modeled themselves on Peru&#39;s Shining Path, using violence to end Nepal&#39;s rigid caste system.
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Nepalese rebels said today they were removing a blockade of the capital that had cut Kathmandu off from the rest of the country for a week.
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KATHMANDU - Hundreds of Maoist rebels stormed a town in the north-west of Nepal yesterday, bombing government buildings and killing a soldier, while others kept up a blockade on roads surrounding the capital, Kathmandu, for a fifth day.
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KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 26: The Nepal Government acted defiantly and decisively today to ensure normal supply of essential commodities to the Capital from two main highways as the ââblockadeââ launched by the Maoists entered its third day.
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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.