Nepalese king bans press freedom
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Nepal's media is subjected to a six-month ban on articles critical of King Gyanendra's state of emergency.
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Nepal&#39;s King Gyanendra today put off his visit to India in view of the demise of former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao. The King&#39;s 11-day visit, which was scheduled to begin today, has been postponed, informed the Royal Palace Press Secretariat.
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Parliament in Nepal endorses an agreement to abolish the monarchy, allowing Maoists to re-join the government.
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Nepal's unpopular King Gyanendra marked his 61st birthday on Saturday as former Maoist rebels organized rallies demanding an end to the beleaguered monarchy.
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Nepal extended a curfew in its capital on Friday, but relaxed it for a few hours as the embattled Hindu kingdom continued to mourn the deaths of 12 Nepalis killed by an Islamist militant group in Iraq.
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Thailand's ruling generals are set to impose tough new curbs on the media, including a ban on expressions of public opinion, as they tightened their grip on power two days after a bloodless coup.
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Maoist rebels in Nepal impose restrictions on two key highways linking the capital to the rest of the country.
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Bangladesh imposed a complete ban on political activity late Thursday as the outgoing prime minister's son was remanded in custody after his arrest in an intensified anti-graft crackdown.
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Nepal&#39;s Maoists stepped up demands for the immediate abolition of the Himalayan nation&#39;s monarchy, rejecting a new proposal to replace the unpopular king with a four-year-old prince.
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Nepal&#39;s biggest political party landed a potentially knock-out blow to the embattled monarchy on Friday declaring it wanted the kingdom to become a republic.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 7 -- Under mounting domestic and international pressure, the Pakistani government on Thursday suspended stringent media restrictions that critics said were designed to muzzle the free press.
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KATMANDU, Nepal -- Nepal's King Gyanendra dismissed the government, declared a state of emergency, and assumed power yesterday, saying the leadership had failed to hold polls and end an escalating civil war with Maoist rebels.
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Nepal's government decides to stop paying an annual allowance to King Gyanendra and his family, reports say.
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KATHMANDU, Aug. 21. - After being slapped an indefinite blockade of Kathmandu valley by Maoists and a ban on 12 business houses, the beleaguered Nepal government was delivered a further blow today when the
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Nepal&#39;s government imposed an indefinite curfew and appealed for calm Wednesday after thousands of demonstrators ransacked a mosque
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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf withdraws new media restrictions after protests and foreign criticism.
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US-based Human Rights Watch warned that a libel suit against critics of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra filed by a corporation he founded, along with increasing government pressure on the media was threatening to stifle press freedom in Thailand.