Nepal Is Considering Negotiations as Blockade by Rebels Continues
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ATMANDU, Nepal, Aug. 20 - This capital city remained cut off from the rest of the country for a third consecutive day on Friday because of a blockade ordered by Maoist insurgents on the two main highways in the Katmandu ...
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Nepal's new government said on Thursday it wanted peace talks with Maoist rebels but clamped down on dissent, banning all criticism of the king's decision to assume power for three years.
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Maoist rebels in Nepal harden their stance on the future of the country as their transport blockade bites.
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Nepal&#39;s embattled government could open the way for talks with Maoist rebels if it declares a ceasefire, stops branding them as terrorists and withdraws international
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Nepal&#39;s Deputy Prime Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikary called on communist rebels to hold peace talks to end a two-day blockade of the capital, Kathmandu, Agence France- Presse reported from the city.
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The top Maoist rebel leader in Nepal  renews a call for international mediation to resume peace talks with the government
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Nepal's home minister delayed a trip to India after Maoist rebels asked him to focus on preparations for upcoming talks between the guerrillas and the premier, officials said.
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Rebels fighting to replace Nepal&#39;s monarchy with a communist republic have until Jan. 13 to begin peace talks, Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said.
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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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The Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, has been hit by bomb blasts on the third day of a blockade called by Maoist rebels. Nepalese business leaders are calling for a cease-fire between the government and the rebels.
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Nepal's ruling alliance said it had positive talks with the Maoists on Wednesday as it tried to persuade the former rebels to rejoin the government and back a historic poll to decide the country's political future.
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Grappling with a blockade called by Maoist rebels and the closure of leading business houses, the Nepal government was caught off guard by reports of the possible abduction of 12 of its nationals in Iraq on Saturday.
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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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The Nepalese prime minister has made a fresh appeal to Maoist rebels to join talks to end their insurgency. The Maoists have been engaged in an armed struggle since 1996 to replace the monarchy with a communist republic.
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Nepal was preparing a response to the latest terms for fresh talks from Maoist rebels, a minister said on Wednesday, as nearly half of the kingdom shut down for a second day in a rebel-sponsored strike.
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Nepal&#39;s embattled government has offered to meet a demand by Maoist rebels to end their blockade of the capital after the guerrillas set off two bombs in and around Kathmandu.
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Nepal's royalist government renewed its appeal for peace talks with Maoist rebels as a blockade called by the guerrillas reduced traffic in and out of the capital to a trickle, officials said.