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- Humayun Kabir appointed non-resident Ambassador to Brazil
UNB, DhakaM Humayun Kabir, currently serving as Bangladesh Ambassador to USA, has been appointed non-resident Ambassador to Brazil.Humayun Kabir, earlier, served as the High Commissioner in Australia in 2006-07 and Ambassador in Nepal in 2003-06. He also
- Nepal arrests hundreds of Tibetan women
Police in Nepal arrested more than 500 Tibetan protesters, nearly all of them women, on Sunday before what was to be the first all-female rally against China's actions in Tibet.
- Nepal: 600 Women Tibetan Protesters Detained
Police say more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, many of them nuns, were detained in Nepal's capital while demonstrating against China's crackdown in their homeland. Nuns' protest in Nepal The protesters held three separate rallies in Katmandu on
- Nepal police detain more than 600 female Tibetan protesters
Police detained more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, including many Buddhist nuns, on Sunday after breaking up several demonstrations against China's recent crackdown in Tibet. It was the largest number of protesters detained on a single day since
- Tibetan women protest in Nepal, over 500 detained
(Reuters) - Nepali police detained 562 Tibetan women at an anti-China rally in Kathmandu on Sunday, the first all-women protest against Chinese rule in their homeland, officials said. Some shouted 'We want free Tibet' while others wept as they were
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In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A maoist insugency, launched in 1996, has gained traction and is threatening to bring down the regime. Ten members of the royal family, including the king and queen, were massacred in a family dispute in 2001. In October 2002, the new king dismissed the prime minister and his cabinet for "incompetence" after they dissolved the parliament and were subsequently unable to hold elections because of the ongoing insurgency. The country is now governed by the king and his appointed cabinet until elections can be held at some unspecified future date.
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AFP - Nepal's embattled king, whose centuries-old dynasty faces its end within weeks, made a rare public appearance Monday for a ritual animal sacrifice aimed at preserving power, priests said.
AP - Police detained more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, including many Buddhist nuns, on Sunday after breaking up several demonstrations against China's recent crackdown in Tibet.
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