UNMIN SUBMITS DETAILS OF MAOIST COMBATANTS
Kathmandu, 10 Oct.: UNMIN Sunday submitted details of an updated list 19,000 plus combatants with and names and their photos to the peace ministry as demanded by government.
The list includes permanent addresses and ages.
UNMIN earlier gave government an electronic version of the list.
The fresh list says there are 19,532 combatants under UNMIN watch—down only by 70 combatants enlisted in 2007.
The details were provided even as the UN political wing in Nepal said earlier it has no mechanism to monitor the movement of former PLA combatants in 28 satellite camps and cantonments.
The accuracy of the fresh is doubtful because hundreds of Maoist child soldiers under UN watch had fled camps.
There’s a mechanism in an arms and ammunition agreement between then parliamentary parties and Maoists to monitor the combatants in the camps to which Nepal’s security agencies have no entry.
The mechanism was never formed.
UNMIN earlier refused to provide details.
The UN agency came under heavy government fire when in a report to the last UN securitycoucil meeting UNMIN chief Karin Landgren told the world body UNMIN and Maoists had agreed to provide details of combatants to government.
Government was furious for being kept n the dark.
“UNMIN released the data following the necessary agreement of the parties. I view that agreement as another positive step in the peace process,” UNMIN Chief Karin Landgren said.
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FORMER QUEEN MOTHER UNDERGOES LEG SURGRY
Kathmandu, 10 Oct. Former Queen Mother Ratna underwent surgery of one of her legs at the Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital Sunday.
Doctors operated on one of her legs.
Former King Gyanendra, wife Komal and former Crown Princess Himani were present at the hospital for one hour during the operation.
Details of the excision weren’t immediately known.
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LAXMAN THARU ARRESTED
Kathmandu, 10 Oct, Maoist defector and Chairman of Federal Democratic National Front Laxman Tharu was arrested in a raid at a guest house in Bagbazzar Sunday..
He was caught in a compromising position with a woman, police said.
The woman and the guest house owner were arrested.
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TWO TEENAGERS INJURED IN RAUTAHAT BOMB EXPLOSSION
Kathmandu, 10 Oct.: Two youth aged 10 and 12 years were injured Sunday when an abandoned bomb exploded at a village in Rautahat.
The children were injured even as de-mining operations continue with the help of international agencies.
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ARMY CHIIEF ENDS UK VISIT
Kathmandu, 10 Oct.: Army Chief of Army Chief Chatraman Singh Gurung ended his official visit of United Kingdom Saturday, British embassy said..
Field Marshal Sir John Chapple, Chief of General Staff Staff Sir Peter Wall, representatives of diplomatic missions, conservation circles, and members of the Britain-Nepal Society and other key figures were present at a reception organized by Nepali Ambassador Dr Suresh Raj Chalise.
Chalise said that the army chief’s visit helped to strengthen ties and friendship between the two countries.
The army chief Saturday vistited the Defence Academy in Oxfordshire, where he was hosted by Lieutenant General Andrew Graham and met Nepal Army Officer Major Shiva Panta, currently attending the British Army Command and Staff Course.
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