EVEN MAOIST FRIENDLY EU COUNTRIES CALL FOR BHATTARAI OUSTER EXCERPTS Kathmandu, 2 Jan.: …the confidence that Bhattarai once received from diplomatic circles has now been eroded, Lekhnath Pandey writes :The Himalayan Times. The international community mostly the European Union along with Norway, Switerland, have even lobbied for m early exit of Bhattarai in the name of forming ‘alternative arrangement’ for holding fresh election. The EU-affiliated countries diplomats based in Kathmandu in consent with The United States and Australia, even have handed over the one-page ‘non-paper’ to top leaders of all political forces, including the need for Bhattarai’s exit ,referring the context that the government could not hold fresh elections …. MAOIST PEPPARATORY COMMITTEE MEET FOR GENERAL CONVETION POSTPONED Kathmandu, 2 Jan. A preparation committee for the first Maoist general convention that was to be help in the capital from Friday has been postponed until 10 January. The general convention is being held in Hetauda for the first time in 21 years. “The document being presented after 21 years is coming/It has to answer all questions. If election is confirmed within some days, one document will come and if that doesn’t, a different document will be presented,” That’s why there has been some delay in writing the draft,”, said an unidentified Maoist leader in Gorkhapatra. nnnn BANKING DEFAULTER ARRESTED Kathmandu, 2 Jan.: Police has arrested bank defaulter and treasurer of the then Public Finance Cooperative Limited Ranjip Bhasu. He was on the run for the past nine years, RSS reports. A police team from central investigation bureau arrested Bhasu on Monday and presented him before Kathmandu District Court on Tuesday. The cooperative was established in 2055 at Kamaladi in the capital. Bhasu and his other accomplices Sarita Shrestha, Ram Narayan Pradhan, Rosan Shrestha, Pratap KC and Radhesh Kumar Pradhan were also arrested. The court on 2062/04/32 had announced a sentence of one year in jail and Rs 1.33 million fine each on the charge of committing financial crime. Nnnn FRENCH NATIONAL DEAD Kathmandu, 2 Jan.: French national Girard Christophe Louil. 50, was foud dead Tuesday in his apartment, published report said Wednesday. There were two deep cuts in his chest. nnnn