Pro-Maoist union asks Nepal firms to close down
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A Nepali labour union with links to Maoist rebels asked 35 firms across the embattled Himalayan kingdom on Tuesday to shut shop in a move aimed at bolstering the guerrilla campaign to overthrow the monarchy.
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Nepal's Maoist rebels call a  general strike in the capital, Kathmandu, in protest at key government appointments.
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The North West's beleaguered textile industry was today reeling from a hammer blow after Fruit of the Loom announced it will close its doors with the loss of more than 600 jobs.
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NAGDHUNGA, Nepal  - Maoist rebels, fighting to  topple Nepal's constitutional monarchy, cut off all land routes  to the Himalayan kingdom's capital on Wednesday, disrupting  food and supplies to the city of 1.5 million people.
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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&#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 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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Nepali Maoists must show a fundamental change in their behavior and end violence and intimidation if they want Washington to take them off its list of terrorist organizations, the United States said on Friday.
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KATHMANDU: The Maoist blockade, which entered its sixth day on Monday, has effectively closed all roads linking the hill-ringed capital city of Kathmandu with the rest of Nepal.
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The Blue Bell, Pa.-based company said it will close some of its facilities and reduce its employee head count.
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Nearly 50 Nepal businesses ordered to close down by Maoist rebels are set to reopen from Thursday.
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Nepal's main opposition party urged  the government Monday to call a unilateral cease-fire with  Maoist rebels and seek peace talks to end a road blockade that  has cut the capital off from the rest of the country.
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KATHMANDU: Angry protesters burnt tyres in Kathmandu and forcibly shut down schools and shops on Wednesday, following the killing of 12 Nepalis by their abductors in Iraq.
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World News, Kathmandu, Three people were killed, over a dozen vehicles torched and a global march to empower people at the grassroots was disrupted as Maoist insurgents Tuesday enforced a 48-hour shutdown in six regions of Nepal.
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Maoist rebels yesterday cut off routes into the Nepalese capital Kathmandu in their first blockade of the city since they launched their insurgency to overthrow the constitutional monarchy eight years ago.
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Chairman of the Finnish Metalworkers' Union, Erkki Vuorenmaa (soc dem) pleaded the Finnish Transport Workers' Union (AKT) to end the strike which began Tuesday last week and now affects bus transport in eight ...
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Nepal's Maoists seek to limit damage after their leader says  ex-rebels have thousands of unregistered weapons.