dOUBLE AMPUTEE SCALES Mt EVERESt.

Inglis spent 40 days on the mountain ahead of the summit attemptA New Zealand mountaineer who lost both legs in a climbing accident has become the first double amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Mark Inglis, 47, phoned to say he had reached the top of the world's highest peak on Monday and had returned to base Camp 4, his wife Anne told reporters.
He had been carrying spare prosthetic legs in case of an accident, but there had been "no issues", Mrs Inglis said.
Mr Inglis lost both legs beneath the knee after getting frostbite in 1982.
He was scaling Mount Cook, New Zealand's tallest mountain, when bad weather forced him and his climbing partner to spend two weeks in an ice cave. They were barely alive when rescued.
But the accident did not deter Mr Inglis, who continued climbing, became a ski guide, and took a silver medal in cycling at the Sydney Paralympics.
I'm not doing this to be the first double amputee - if I am then it's the icing on the cake
Mark Inglis
He scaled 8,201-metre (26,906-foot) Mount Cho Oyu in Tibet in 2004, and began his attempt at 8,850-metre Mount Everest some 40 days ago.
The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, has congratulated Mr Inglis on his Everest achievement.
He set off for the summit in perfect weather early Monday, said Mrs Inglis. From her South Island home, she said he had called to tell her he had made it once back at Camp 4.
She said the phone reception was bad, and she had been unable to ascertain exactly when he had reached the summit, but she guessed that it was about midday.
Mrs Inglis told she was "extremely pleased" at his achievement, and she'd be "even more pleased when he gets back home".
No-one has previously scaled Everest using two artificial limbs.
But in an interview with the news agency AFP before the trip, Mr Inglis said: "I'm not doing this to be the first double amputee - if I am then it's the icing on the cake - but it's more about I've been climbing most of my life and Everest is the achievement really.
"And it gives you the knowledge of empowerment to do other things."

The greatest pride for nepal.

tHEY ARE IN GREAT INJUSTICe.

Bhutanese refugee organisations have said they will organise hunger strike in front of the UN complex and some other diplomatic missions in Kathmandu from next Friday (June 2) to draw attention of the international community for early resolution of the Bhutanese refugee stalemate.
June 2 is celebrated as the coronation anniversary of Bhutanese King Jigme Singye Wangchuk who ascended to the throne in 1972 and coronated in 1974.

Talking to Nepalnews on Thursday, Bhutanese human rights leader, Tek Nath Rizal, said the strike will continue at least for three months if international community and government of Nepal did not commit to ensure early and dignified repatriation of over one hundred thousand Bhutanese refugees.
Some 40 Bhutanese will sit in the strike at the initial phase but number will go up gradually. Refugees have been staging relay hunger strike in all Bhutanese refugee camps in eastern Nepal for the last three months demanding international intervention to resolve the issue.
Rizal demanded that new democratic government of Nepal should immediately give up bilateral talks with Bhutan and ask help from the international community to resolve the problem. "It is the issue between the Bhutanese citizens and Bhutanese government. Nepal has no meaning to involve in it. All we want is that since Nepal is playing the role of a generous host for the Bhutanese refugees, it should call upon the international community to take up the issue," he said.
While a group of Bhutanese refugees will be staging sit-in in the Nepali capital, a team of Bhutanese refugee leaders and human rights activists will visit the Indian capital, New Delhi, to lobby with the Indian leaders-- both in the government and opposition—urging India to exert its influence to persuade the Bhutanese monarch to establish democracy and ensure repatriation of the Bhutanese refugees.
The Bhutanese leaders will also take part at a conference being organized by the South Asian Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR) in New Delhi in support of Bhutanese refugee movement. Led by former Indian prime minister, I. K. Gujral, SAFHR has been launching a campaign in support of early and dignified repatriation of the Bhutanese refugees.
Meanwhile, in a separate development, the government of Nepal has decided to issue travel documents to refugees residing in Nepal who have to travel abroad. Spokesperson at the Foreign Ministry, Yadav Khanal, told Nepalnews that the council of ministers had taken a decision to that effect on Tuesday.
Bhutanese rights leader, Tek Nath Rizal, had called Foreign Minister K. P. Oli last week and urged the Nepal Government to withdraw the decision of not issuing travel documents to the refugees made by the erstwhile royal government.
"We could not attend as many 12 international conferences despite invitation due to travel restrictions imposed by the erstwhile royal regime of Nepal," said Rizal. He also welcomed the decision made by the government of Nepal to issue travel documents to the refugees.
The royal regime had stopped issuing travel documents to refugees who were taking asylum in Nepal without giving any reason. Bhutanese, Tibetan and other refugees in Nepal had been affected due to the controversial decision taken by Shital Niwas under then Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey.
Pandey, along with four other members of the royal government, has been put behind bars by the new government alleging him of conspiring against the spirit of people's movement 2006.
Over 105,000 Bhutanese refugees are taking asylum in Nepal for the last 16 years after the autocratic Bhutanese regime led by King Jigme adopted the policy of ethnic cleansing and evicted Nepali speaking Lhotsampas – who had been living in the country for the last several centuries and had valid citizenship certificates-- on charge of being illegal immigrants.

Gurkhas make UK pensions demand

Gurkhas make UK pensions demand

The veterans are calling on the Queen to change their pensionsA group of Gurkhas from Nepal have handed in a petition to Downing Street to demand the same pay and pension rights as British-born soldiers.
The veterans say many ex-Gurkhas have been left "destitute and disillusioned" by unequal pensions.
About 30 Gurkhas marched to No 10 before handing in their petition.
The government says members of the Gurkha Brigade do not need as much money because the cost of living in Nepal is lower than in the UK.
I come because we have some problems and it is high time that these problems are addressed by the concerned authorities in London
Capt Rambahadur Limbu
Pensions for serving Gurkhas have been reformed for those who left the service after 1 July 1997.
In a speech outside Downing Street, Capt Rambahadur Limbu, 70, a Victoria Cross winner, said: "It is an honour for me to be once again in England.
"But I come because we have some problems and it is high time that these problems are addressed by the concerned authorities in London."
The 1 July 1997 cut-off date was a "great concern", he said.
"The Gurkha veterans with no pension is also a serious issue," he added.
He called on the government and the Queen to "deal with the injustice faced by the Gurkhas".
Cut-off date
Falklands veteran Sgt Deepak Maskey says he receives a pension of £130 per month, but that a British comrade would get more then £600.
There were 32,000 Gurkha veterans living in Nepal who had been affected by the cut-off date, he added.
"We have been with the British soldiers throughout every major war," he told BBC News.
"Now people begin to realise in this 21st century that there have been discriminations and we want to break that."
The British government's argument that it was cheaper to live in Nepal was "totally irrelevant in the pension issue", he said.
"Would [UN Secretary General] Kofi Annan be paid pensions based on the cost of living in Ghana? Certainly not," he said.
Gurkha service pensions, paid under the Gurkha pension scheme, compare favourably with professional and white collar salaries in Nepal
Ministry of Defence said..
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said Gurkha conditions of service had been "determined not to be discriminatory but rather appropriate to their unique status as Nepalese citizens serving in the British Army".
Their "unique pension arrangements" had been vindicated by a judicial review in 2003, she added.
"Gurkha service pensions, paid under the Gurkha pension scheme, compare favourably with professional and white collar salaries in Nepal."

Missing German trekker found dead

A family member of a missing German trekker has said a badly decomposed body of Kristina Kovasevic has been found in northern Nepal after she was reported missing more than two months ago.

Kristina Kovacevic, a German trekker, who had been missing in the Everest region for the last two months, has been found dead, according to her sister.
Kristina Kovasevic had arrived in Nepal in February this year and had sent email to her friends on March 13 saying that she would join them in Bali, Indonesia in April. That was the last mail she ever sent, according to her family and friends.
Her sister, Karoline, who arrived in Kathmandu early this month to find about her missing sister flew to Lukla last Tuesday and from there trekked to Namche Bazar of Solukhumbu district.
"When I reached Namche Bazar Wednesday, police told me they had found my sister's dead body early in the week," said Karoline told reporters in Kathmandu on Monday. She expressed unhappiness over lack of communication to her about the incident even when she was in Kathmandu.
Police suspect that Kristina may have fallen off the slope but Karoline refused to buy the statement "All her belongings are missing,. No passport, credit card, money, watch, camera, sleeping bag or even her jacket. I suspect that somebody may have robbed her and pushed her down," she said with her eyes full of tears.
Karoline informed that Interpol is investigating the case involving her sister. She said Kristina's body would be brought to Kathmandu for cremation.

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Acting CDO detained in polygamy case
The District Court Bajhang has ordered to detain Acting Chief District Office (CDO) of Bajhang, Devi Dutta Poudel in the case of polygamy.
Poudel, who had been appointed as acting CDO to the remote far-western district of Bajhang only four months ago, married Women’s Development Officer Ms. Pramila Shrestha on May 7 as per Hindu rituals. Poudel has one son from the first wife.
Reports quoted acting judge of the District Court Narayan Prasad Ojha as saying that the court ordered to detain Poudel and Shrestha for interrogation as per the marital chapter of the Civil Code.
Representatives of civil society and women rights activists organized sit-in protest programme at the premises of District Court demanding action against the culprit during the period of hearing.
As per the marital chapter of Civil Code, the CDO Poudel could be fined up to Rs 25,000 and may face up to three years of prison sentence in the case. Similar punishment would be implied to the woman a marrying man who already has a wife. However, if she was unaware that the man had married earlier, she would not be punished.
According to the code, a man is permitted to marry a second time only if his first wife was suffering from incurable sexually transmitted diseases, was mentally retarded, became physically disabled, became blind or lived separately receiving her share from her husband. Recently, the Supreme Court dismissed the provision that a man would be permitted to marry if he could not have children because of wife's infertility

wHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOr?

KATHMANDU, May 22 -
Maoist Chairman Prachanda has said that his party isn't seeking to lead an interim government to be formed prior to holding constituent assembly elections.
In an interview to Kaya Kairan radio program of the Communication Corner broadcast this morning, Prachanda said, "We are not demanding leadership in the interim government."
He further added they would discuss their role in such a government to give progressive way out to the country while holding dialogue with the government.
The remarks have come a day after Matrika Yadav, a central committee member of the Maoist organization, said at a program in Biratnagar that rebels should lead such a government.
Prachanda said that whatever Yadav had said was a theoretical point based on "international practices
The chief of the rebel outfit said also said that his party would join the interim government only after holding a political conference following dissolution of the present government.
Expressing dissatisfaction and skepticism over "unnecessary delay on the part of the government in initiating peace talks", Prachanda said, "This might be a ploy of the seven-party alliance to give credit of the triumph of the people's movement to themselves." Regarding the recent historic proclamation of parliament, Prachanda made it clear that his party favored the proclamation hoping that it would contribute to democratic movement in the country.