| June012005 | »No violence: During their secret meeting, an influential leader ofthe Communist Party of India (Marxist), Prakash Karat, told senior NepaliMaoist leaders Baburam Bhattarai to give up violence and join the politicalmainstream, media reports says.
»Meetings:CPN (M) supremo Prachand said the objective of the meetingswith Indian leftist party leaders was to gauge India's stand if the CPN(Maoist)were to accept a multi-party system as a political solution to the ongoingcivil war in Nepal.
»Constituent assembly: In an interview with BBC, senior Maoist leaderBaburam Bhattarai said the CPN (M) would accept (the result of the) constituentassembly if the elections (for the assembly) were held in an impartialway under international supervision.
»Attack:Security forces have repulsed a major Maoist attack at a ArmedPolice Force (APF) security base and a customs post near Nepal-India borderin Kanchanpur district. Maoist rebelsopened fire from three or four positionssimultaneously. There had been casualties on both sides.
»Attack:Security forces have repulsed a major Maoist attack at a ArmedPolice Force (APF) security base and a customs post near Nepal-India borderin Kanchanpur district. Maoist rebels opened fire from three positionssimultaneously. There had been casualties on both sides. | June02
2005 | »Detention visits: ICRC suspends visits to army detention centres. Thesuspension comes after the Royal Nepali Army (RNA) allegedly failed tocomply fully with the terms of an agreement with the ICRC regarding whatare called 'worldwide working modalities.'
»Meeting:A delegation team of CPN-UML in Lucknow, India, witha possibility of holding dialogue with CPN (M) leaders within this week.The Maoists leaders Dr. Babu Ram Bhattrai and Krishna Bahadur Mahara arereportedly staying in India.
»Lootings: Maoists stormed into a house belonging to a former stateminister at Khalanga, the district headquarters of Jajarkot, and lootedproperties. The house was set ablaze. | June05
2005 | »Abduction: Maoists abducted a district chief of pro-left JanaMorcha Nepal (JMN) in Doti district.
»Growth rate: Escalating Maoist insurgency, coupled with other factorslike high oil prices, will bring down Nepal's growth rate in 2005, a UNsurvey says.
»Child soldiers: A United Nations human rights body denounced the useof children as soldiers or spies in Nepal's conflict where it said theyare often killed or disappear.
»Schools: The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child accused Maoistrebels of "large-scale bombing, destruction and closing of schools".
»Destructions: Maoist rebels have destroyed the repeater tower of thestate-owned Nepal Telecom Company at Chhinchu in Surkhet district. Thoughthe Maoist leadership had said it would not target physical infrastructure,the rebels continue to attack targets like telecom towers, electricitysub-stations, bridges and government-owned offices, among others. |
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|  | | June062005 | »Landmine: A commuter bus, travelling with local people from the villageof Madi to nearby Narayangadh, was hit by a landmine hidden under a bridgeover the Mudhekhola in Kalyanpur VDC, Madi area of Chitwan district. Morethan 50 civilians lost their lives in the incident. An Army spokesman saidthat the type of explosive device showed the incident was definitely thework of the Maoist rebels. The rebels detonated the mine with a remotecontrol device from the top of a tree some hundred metres away. The incidentis perhaps the worst case of collateral damage sustained on the highwayin the nine-year-old 'people's war'.
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»Landmine:The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) condemned the killingof at least 38 innocent civilians and injuring of 40 others in a land mineblast today in Nepal as an act of "terrorism and crimes against humanity�.ACHR also called upon the Office of the United Nations High Commissionerfor Human Rights in Nepal to conduct an inquiry into the incident and referthe report to the International Criminal Court for necessary action.
»Landmines:Vigilante committees in rural areas have begun plantinglandmines brought in from India in some wards. The landmines should protectthe villagers from possible Maoist attacks.
»People's Council:Maoist leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara has been appointedthe head of the United Revolutionary People's Council in place of BaburamBhattarai who held that position. | June08
2005 | »Landmine: The leadership of CPN (M) claimed responsibility for thebomb blast in Chitwan's Madi area killing at least 38 civilians and calledthe attack on civilians 'a grave mistake'."It was a serious mistake thata landmine placed by a contingent of our people's liberation army targetedat the royal army exploded causing loss to the public", CPN (M) leaderPrachanda said in a statement. Prachanda pledged an investigation of thebombing within the rebel movement and said the findings would be made public.
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»Landmine:The independent Human Rights and Peace Society termed theattack "deplorable, cowardice and a violation of international humanitarianlaws.
»Landmine:The UN Secretary-General condemns the senseless deaths ofdozens of people in the explosion that tore through a passenger bus travelingon a road in southern Nepal on Monday. The Secretary-General calls foran immediate end to such utterly reprehensible tactics that expose civiliansto danger in the conflict in Nepal. He expresses his condolences to thebereaved families and those injured in the incident..
»Gun battles:According to Army sources least 20 people, including14 soldiers and policemen, had been killed in a gun battle in Kailali district.At least 3 Maoist rebgels have been killed in latest security actions inSankhuwasabha and Salyan districts.
»Weapons:The Government has floated a global tender to procure weaponsand other equipment from foreign manufacturers. | June10
2005 | »Landmine attack: Nepali media reported that 12 soldiers were on thebus during the blast moving between two military posts. For more than ayear, the villagers had been warned by the Maoists not to allow this.
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»Abduction:Maoist rebels have abducted a Kantipur journalist. The journalistwas on a reporting assignment last week when he was taken from a remotevillage near the Indian border. Nepali media are under pressure from bothsides of the conflict.
»Attack:Maoist rebels have attacked a passenger bus in which securitypersonnel were also travelling along the B. P. highway in Kavre district.Six security personnel, two civilians reported as killed.
»Encounters:Security forces and Maoist rebels clashed sat Guphapokhariarea of Sankhuwasbha district. Two Maoists were killed during the gun battle,army sources said. Heavy gun fire between security personnel and Maoistrebels was reported from Traffic Chowk in Dhangadhi district. |
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