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Nov. 20 deadline ends: Maoists say chances of solution feeble

KATHMANDU - The Unified CPN (Maoist) on Friday concluded that the chances of defusing the political deadlock through talks have become feeble.

Three years of peace accord: Envoys concerned over stagnant peace process

KATHMANDU - Heads of diplomatic missions based in Nepal on Friday expressed their concerns over the lack of progress on implementing the agreements to take ahead the process to achieve sustainable peace in Nepal, marking the third anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA).

Maoists not committed to peace accord: Congress

KATHMANDU - The Nepali Congress (NC) Parliamentary Party meeting on Friday concluded the main opposition Unified CPN (Maoist) of being noncommittal to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).

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Lead Article

Flawed water
By: Gopal Siwakoti “Chintan”

Nine decades of Nepal-India water cooperation has brought more mistrust and misery
Something’s not right
By: Bipin Adhikari

A list of rights without inbuilt judicial sanctions is not worth its name
Short of breath
By: Narendra Bhatta

The growing COPD epidemic in Nepal calls for a review of the existing health policy

Opinion

On thin ice
By: Navin Singh Khadka

India’s new-found ‘position’ on glacial retreat could weaken Nepal's vulnerability case in climate summit
Forever young
By: Gillian Mellsop

UNICEF believes that it will retain a youthful enthusiasm in its approach to children’s rights in Nepal
Catch me if you can
By: Khagendra N. Sharma

Karima has arrogantly defied and challenged the government to try to prosecute her

Interview

Queuing up to visit New Delhi has scarred our foreign policy conduct
Former foreign minister and Nepal’s ambassador to the U.S. and India, Bhekh Bahadur Thapa, is an old-hand in Nepali diplomatic circles.
'I will strengthen ties and make them more productive'
Shanker Sharma has been appointed as the Nepali Ambassador to the US. Former Vice-Chairman of the National Planning Commission, he is an experienced hand in the Nepali affairs.
If tensions between China and India grow, Nepal will be battleground
Suhas Chakma, Director of the Delhi-based Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), has long been a keen observer of human rights situations and the politics of the Asian region.

Sports

FIFA denies Irish appeal for replay against France

FIFA ruled out the possibility of replaying the disputed France-Ireland World Cup qualifier on Friday, rejecting an Irish appeal to stage the playoff again after Thierry Henry handled the ball to set up the deciding goal in extra time.

Photo Features

While the nation observed International Children's Rights Day organising various programmes across the country on Friday, a school-going kid sells pea to a bus passenger at Chandranigahapur in Rauthat.

Photo : Shiva Puri

A man extinguishing fire that broke out at the CG Foods, the produce of Wai Wai noodes, in Bhaisepati, Lalitpur, on Friday. The factory incurred a loss of Rs 4.5 million due to the fire.

Photo : Laxmi Pd Ngakhusi

President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav (C), UNICEF officials, children and others pose for photograph during a function organised in Kathmandu to mark the International Children's Rights Day, on Friday.

Photo : eKantipur

A peace rally being taken out at Rajbiraj in Saptari district on Friday to mark the third anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The peace accord was signed between the then seven-party alliance and the Maoists on Nov. 20, 2006.

Photo : eKantipur

Spectators cheer up at a concert organised to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the International Children's Rights Day at Jawalakhel ground in Lalitpur on Friday.

Photo : Shruti Shrestha

Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot for a single during his century knock against Sri Lanka on the last day of the opening test match in Ahmedabad on Friday. Centuries from opener Gautam Gambhir and Tendulkar, his 43rd, ensured that India drew the opening contest.

Photo : AFP

A woman looks at a human body during the "Bodies" exhibition in Medellin, Colombia, on Thursday. The exhibition shows the result of US physician Roy Glover's investigations at the University of Michigan, where he and his team have developed a preservation technique called Plastination to provide polymer-preserved bodies for medical instruction.

Photo : AP /Luis Benavides

Chinese students look at a newspaper outside an employment fair in Hefei, in east China's Anhui province on Thursday. China's urban registered unemployment rate stood at 4.3 percent in the second quarter, unchanged from the first three months of the year and up from 4.2 percent at the end of 2008.

Photo : AFP

Indian Bollywood film actor Saif Ali Khan attends the special screening of the film "Kurbaan" which honours the heroes of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, in Mumbai on Friday.

Photo : AFP

Seventeen school children are crammed into one of India's notoriously unstable three-wheeler taxis as they make their way to school in the city of Bhopal.United Nations officials on November 19, 2009 urged cash-strapped governments not to cut back spending on health and education, warning it could drive millions of children and families into the poverty trap.

Photo : AFP /Raveendran

National

End impasse: Prez

President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav has urged political leaders to break the prevailing political deadlock as early as possible.

Business

We are committed to offer world class products to our Nepali consumers

Alokesh Banerjee is senior general manager, marketing at United Spirits Limited. Banerjee is responsible for marketing in eastern India and Southeast Asia.

World

Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan

A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 16 people, including two children and a policeman, and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, officials said.

Entertainment

Winfrey to announce Friday show will end in 2011

"The Oprah Winfrey Show," an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said Thursday night.