Nepal's Election Sets Course for Abolishing Monarchy (Update2) Bloomberg Voting suspended at 6 polling booths during CA polls in Nepal Xinhua, China One killed, 2 injured in polling booth firing in C NepalXinhua 13 injured in blasts in NepalXinhua Nepal turns out in force for historic poll Times Online, UK a historic election — the Himalayan nation's first in nine years — that could lead to the abolition of the world's last Hindu monarchy. ...... a spate of bombings and shootings in the days before the election. ..... further violence today, with Maoists burning down a polling station in the central village of Galkot and gunmen on motorcycles shooting at a candidate in the southern town of Janakpur ...... 20,000 polling stations around the country, some of which are a seven-day walk from the nearest paved road. ...... deployed 135,000 police and invited 100,000 local and foreign election observers, including British MPs and Jimmy Carter, the former American President. ...... Most expect the Maoists to come third behind the centrist Nepal Congress and left-wing Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) ...... expect the biggest problems to occur after the results Nepal votes in historic election GulfNews, United Arab Emirates Nepal border sealed ahead of pollBBC News Nepal's Terai picks ballots over guns in peace hope Reuters had been one of Nepal's biggest troublespots, but the people of the country's southern plains ...... new hope for peace in the Terai or Madhesh, Nepal's agricultural and industrial heartland bordering India, home to half the country's 26.4 million people ..... there has been regular violence and many protests over the past year. ....... Just a few weeks ago, there were widespread fears the elections would not even take place in the region, but a last-minute deal brought most of the political parties in the area on board with a promise of autonomy after the vote. ....... The Madheshi people are closely linked in language, dress and culture to neighbouring India and complain of discrimination by successive governments dominated by Nepal's hill people. ...... but the vote passed off much more peacefully than most had hoped. ...... "We have been terrorised by political parties and had locked ourselves in homes for weeks," Shankar Prasad, a grocery shop owner said, queueing to vote in the town of Janakpur...... Hundreds of people prayed for peace in an ancient Hindu temple in Janakpur after casting their votes. ..... Not only does the new government have to reverse decades of discrimination against the Madheshis .... Leaders of a radical faction of the Madheshi People's Rights' Forum were fuming after failing to stop voters. Two dead in Nepal violence as landmark election ends - Summary Earthtimes, UK Nepal border sealed ahead of pollBBC News Nepal's election - an opportunity to recover from a lost decade ... Reuters AlertNet, UK an historic opportunity for the country to put behind more than ten years of bombs, bullets and bandhs .... whereas the average Chinese person earns US$1,740 a year, and the average Indian US$720, in Nepal it is only US$270 ..... one quarter of Nepali people live on less than a dollar a day Special security enforced in Nepal-India borderGorkhapatra Indian intellectuals keep vigil on CA pollsGorkhapatra Poll signals end for Nepal's monarchy The Age, Australia Moaist fighters vote in Nepal The Times, South Africa
NC cadre dies in clash with MJF men in Sunsari-5; Sujata demands re-polling Ganga Das, 38, succumbed to injuries he received during a violent scuffle with the MJF men at the polling station in Bhutaha. Das was attacked with sharp weapon. ..... has demanded re-polling, accusing MJF chief and her main rival Upendra Yadav of rigging the election ..... During the election campaigning also, cadres of the two parties had attacked each other’s election rallies in the constituency.
American Airlines cancels 1000 more flights for inspectionsLos Angeles Times for another round of maintenance checks. ..... The disruptions rippling through the nation's air traffic system today are the latest and most dramatic fallout from the rash of maintenance-related problems that have hit U.S. airlines in recent months. Nepal set for historic elections NDTV.com Opinion polls also show the Maoists don't have as much support as Nepal's other political parties ...... 'We have to have a coalition and in the coalition Maoists have to be there, other wise we will not be able to take the peace process to its logical conclusion,'' said Madhav Nepal, President, CPN-UML. Missteps Mar Clinton's Competency Message CBS News
India, Africa to back each other for UNSC seat Financial Express US Lawmakers Condemn China's Crackdown in Tibet Voice of America China doctors the news of Olympic torch San Francisco Chronicle Zimbabwe emergency talks called BBC News Bill and Hillary Clinton disagree on Colombia free trade issue Muckety Clinton: I Differ With Bill on TradeThe Associated Press Democratic voters who fault international deals for U.S. job losses. ...... "I don't think any married couple I know agrees on everything. And we disagree on this." ...... "Oh, we talk about everything." ..... In 2005, the former president was paid $800,000 by Gold Service International, a Bogota-based business development group, for four days of appearances in Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. Obama's Emerging Economic Message Washington Post sought to fuse a laundry list of economic policy proposals, many on the table for months, to his broader post-partisan governing philosophy ........ reflects working-class pocketbook concerns, from gas prices to declining wages ...... an erratic, sometimes clumsy process, with blocks of new text dropped into a free-flowing and high-minded stump speech, as conspicuous as weeds. ....... Obama said the broad goals of his "new direction" would include paying down the national debt, narrowing the income divide (in part by raising taxes on wealthy people), and minimizing the role of special interests in the legislative process. Wolfson: Obama Must Win PennsylvaniaRealClearPolitics Blog Outspending Hillary Clinton 3-to-1 in Pennsylvania Obama May Bypass Public FinancingThe Associated Press Clinton zeros in on IraqLos Angeles Times Obama has a new commercial pitching his ties to women, which features his wife Michelle and their two children, along with his half-sister and grandmother. ...... "The person you want answering the phone at 3 a.m. is the person who's read the intelligence report . . . and is asking the tough questions," he said. Noting that voters want a president who has the judgment to say no to misguided wars, he added in reference to both Clinton and McCain, "There's only one out of the remaining candidates who qualifies on that front." ...... no country with a weak economy can maintain a strong military ...... the $10 billion a month the United States is spending in Iraq could be better used at home building roads, bridges and installing broadband technology. McCain Set to Take the Federal Financing Plunge FOXNews
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