Hidden weapons recovered in Saptari

Kathmandu, 14 May: Hidden weapons were recovered by police from a temple complex at Trikol in Saptari Friday.
Four guns, two pistols, 14 magazines and 14 bullets were found.
Saptari and Siraha in the terai are the worst affected by the insurgency in the south bordering India.
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Indigenous list expanded

Kathmandu, 14 May: A high-level government taskforce headed by Om Gurung has suggested expansion of the nationalities list from 59 to 81.
The suggestion was presented to the government Thursday.
Communities like tharus, podes and Muslins protested the first enlistment forcing a list revision .
A government survey says there are 101 nationalities in Nepal.
Chteris and brahmins who constitute 34 percent of the population and who claim they are indigenous protested the revision.
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Govt. preparing to close down OHCHR regional offices

Kathmandu, 14 May: Government is preparing to close down the regional offices of OHCHR, Kantipur reports.
A formal decision will be taken by the government soon, according to cabinet sources.
But OHCHR reacted by saying the closure of regional offices without the completion of the peace process won’t be in Nepal’s interest.
“We’re for keeping it (OHCHR) only in Kathmandu. Now there’s no need for it outside,” Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala said.
“I feel the government won’t close our offices whatever decision the Congress has taken because it’s in the interest of Nepal,” OHCHR Chief Richard Bennet said.
Meanwhile, UN security council Wednesday asked UNMIN to “immediately begin to make arrangements for its withdrawal, including handing over any residual monitoring responsibility by 15 September 2010.”
The council extended the mandate Saturday until 15 September.
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MEDIA GOOGLE

“We are ready to accept a consensus government under the leadership of Maoists if the parties agree.”

(Maoist leader Narayankazi Shrestha quoting US Ambassador Scott H. Delisi, The hImalayan Times, 14 May)

“It would have been so nice if the statements made at an interaction in Yak and Yeti Hotel [by Chairman Prachanda] were made in the constituent assembly.”

9UML lawmaker Raamnath Dhakal, 14 May)
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