Rebel Strike Shuts Down Nepal
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A strike by rebels shut down more than a third of Nepal on Tuesday, including Kathmandu, the latest stoppage in their campaign for a communist republic after last month's crippling road blockade of the hill-ringed capital.
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As Nepal&#39;s government Sunday focused on foiling a Maoist blockade of the capital, the rebels struck in a remote district, killing a security personnel and freeing five prisoners.
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Maoist rebels in Nepal say they are suspending a blockade of the capital, Kathmandu that has been in effect for a week.
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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, NEPAL - Maoist rebels fighting to topple Nepal&#39;s constitutional monarchy have cut off all land routes to Kathmandu, the capital of the Himalayan kingdom.
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Offices, schools, shops and businesses  across Bangladesh shut down Saturday for the second strike in  less than a week called by the main opposition party to protest  against a grenade attack that nearly killed its leader.
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A bomb ripped through a bank in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and a suspected Maoist rebel was shot dead as a guerrilla strike shut down shops and transport in much of the Himalayan kingdom.
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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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Nepal's Maoist former rebels quit the interim government on Tuesday after they failed to reach a deal with the prime minister to abolish the Himalayan monarchy ahead of a national vote over the question.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal  - The Nepali army killed at  least 30 Maoist rebels Wednesday in the biggest gunbattle  between guerrillas and soldiers for six weeks, an army officer  said.
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KATHMANDU: Maoist rebels fighting for a Communist state in Nepal said yesterday they will suspend military operations during a popular festival.
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KHANIKHOLA, Nepal  - Nepal's Maoist rebels  rejected peace talks with the new government and began an  indefinite blockade across the landlocked Himalayan kingdom on  Saturday to oppose King Gyanendra's assumption of power.
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Shops and schools were closed across Bangladesh yesterday after the main opposition party called a general strike to demand the government resign over a deadly grenade attack on a political rally.
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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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A nine-day truce between the Nepalese government and the country's Maoist rebels is due to end on Thursday.
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Maoist guerrillas have set off a bomb at an empty police post near Kathmandu, police say, and the Nepali capital remains cut off by land for the third day due to a rebel blockade call.
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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.