Nepal braces for rebel blockade
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The Nepal authorities tighten security amid Maoist threats to disrupt business life in the capital.
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KATHMANDU - The blockade of the capital declared by Nepal&#39;s Maoist rebels echoes the tactics of Peru&#39;s shadowy Shining Path militants - the ruthless movement upon which they model themselves.
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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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Nepal&#39;s political leaders held emergency talks Monday with former rebel Maoists to try to persuade the ultra-leftists not to storm out of the government and launch nationwide protests.
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Prices have soared as Nepalese stockpile food and fuel in response to an indefinite Maoist rebel blockade of the capital, the government and residents said.
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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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The second day of a Maoist blockade of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu leads to petrol rationing and a rise in food prices.
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Nepal put its security forces on  alert on Tuesday to counter a threat by Maoist guerrillas to  blockade the capital, as tourists moved out of a luxury hotel  after a bomb blast blamed on the rebels.
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A blockade of the Nepalese capital called by Maoist rebels entered a second day, causing a rise in food prices and prompting the government to declare the city had enough supplies for a month.
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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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Nepal will push ahead with planned elections if Maoist rebels do not respond by Jan. 13 to a government offer for peace talks to end a bloody revolt, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said on Thursday.
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Military helicopters provided air  cover to vehicles ferrying crucial supplies to the Nepali  capital on Sunday, as a blockade called by Maoist rebels  stretched into its fifth day, a senior army officer said.
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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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NEW DELHI: Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba vowed yesterday to crush a deadly Maoist revolt in his poor Himalayan nation as giant neighbour India promised more military help to fight the leftist guerillas.
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With the passage of one week, the effect of the &quot;Kathmandu Valley blockade&quot; imposed by the Nepalese anti-government guerrillas has waned with the government&#39;s move to step up security in order to foil the embargo.
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Katmandu, Nepal, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A Maoist rebel blockade of the two major highways leading into Nepal&#39;s capital is affecting the flow of food and supplies, the BBC said Wednesday.
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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.