US AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE ARRIVES SATURDAY Kathmandu, 7 Sept. US Ambassador-designate Peter W Bodde arrives Saturday to take up his assignment after Washington this week took ruling Maoists off its terrorist watch-list. He succeeds Scott H. DeLisi who has been transferred to Uganda as ambassador. Career diplomat Bodde is a Nepal veteran. Nnnn MEDIA GOOGLE “It is due to the failure of the party, various regressive forces have started re-surfacing. The country can again plunge into a grave crisis if the oldest party of the country fails to understand its role.” (Sujata Koirala, The Himalayan Times, 7 Sept.) nnnn