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&#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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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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Nepal's government will hold talks with Maoists on Wednesday to try to persuade the former rebels to rejoin the government and support a historic election to decide on the future of the monarchy.
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KATMANDU, Nepal -- Nepal's embattled government offered to meet a demand by Maoist rebels to end their blockade of the capital yesterday after the guerrillas set off two bombs in and around Katmandu, officials said.
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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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KATMANDU, Nepal -- Without setting up a roadblock or making an appearance, Maoist rebels cut off the capital from the rest of this Himalayan kingdom by declaring a blockade yesterday, leaving this city with a few days of food and cooking fuel.
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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.
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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 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said on Thursday that he would seek more help from India to crush a Maoist revolt wracking his homeland as he began talks with senior Indian leaders in New Delhi.
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Several insurgent groups have approached Thai officials for talks to end nearly three years of unrest in the Muslim-majority south but they must first impose a ceasefire, the region's top general said on Thursday.
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NAGDHUNGA, Nepal  - Nepal's capital was cut off  from the rest of the country Wednesday and the supply of food  and goods disrupted as Maoist rebels enforced a blockade of the  city of 1.5 million people with threats to attack vehicles.
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Nepal is to probe disappearances of left-wing activists - a major demand of Maoist rebels blockading the capital.
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Nepal&#039;s prime minister urged Maoist rebels to give up their weapons as the next step towards peace and promised to create more jobs in the countryside where the insurgents are strongest.
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Nepali political parties were making last ditch efforts on Monday to try and convince the former Maoist rebels not to quit the interim government and to withdraw their planned protests in a row over the monarchy.
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Nepal's main opposition party urged  the government on 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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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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MAOIST rebels who have cut off Nepal&#39;s capital for four days pledged today to expand their blockade to the Tibetan border as fresh violence left six people dead.